5 Best Casino Quotes in Movie History
Are you planning to visit Sin City? You may consider watching a few gambling movies before you leave. Some of them are full of wise quotes, and you may feel like packing a few in your bag before boarding the flight. They may come in useful when you are in a Vegas casino.
The following are the five best casino quotes in movie history. Some of them are amusing, and some make you ponder, but they all hold grains of truth. You may also consider them as gambling tips that will help you succeed in a Las Vegas casino.
Casino
Casino is a movie that enables you to explore the glamour and brutality of Sin City. Nicky Santoro and Ace Rothstein travel to Las Vegas to find their fortune. Ace ends up operating Tangiers Casino, and Nicky becomes his strongman. Watch the movie Casino to learn about mob involvement in casino operations during the seventies and eighties.
Sam “Ace” Rothstein: “In Vegas, everybody’s gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I’m watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.”
If like these iconic movie scenes, you too would like to try your hand at a good game, why not check out Woo Casino and its great selection of games. And who knows, if Lady Luck is on your side, you too might be creating your own memorable win!
Two for the Money
Brandon Lang is a football enthusiast, but he cannot play professional football because of an injury. Instead, he ends up working as a gambling advisor for Walter Abrams, who has a great family and addictions he cannot control. Lang and Abrams develop a close relationship, but things go wrong when it looks like Walter is a conman, and the odds go against Brandon.
Abrams: “You know the best part of the best drug in the world isn’t the high. It’s the moment just before you take it. The dice are dancing on the table. Between now and the time they stop, that’s the greatest high in the world.”
Rounders
Mike McDermott loses money while playing poker with Teddy KGB, a Russian gangster. His girlfriend Jo advises him to stop gambling, but his friend Lester “Worm” Murphy asks him to play a game to help him raise money to pay off a debt. Mike later finds out that Murphy has borrowed from Teddy and makes a final effort to beat the gangster.
Mike McDermott: “I’ve often seen these people, these squares at the table, short stack and long odds against them. All their outs gone. One last card in the deck that can help them. I used to wonder how they could let themselves get into such bad shape and how the hell they thought they could turn it around.”
The Croupier
Jack Manfred wants to become a writer, but he also needs money badly. So he starts working as a croupier in a casino and gets attracted to the gambling world. When his job takes up most of his time, his relationship with his girlfriend, Marion, becomes strained.
To make matters worse, he gets attracted to Jani, one of the casino players, and breaks the casino rules by seeing her out of working hours. But Jani is in debt and plans a casino heist with Jack. Everything appears simple to Jack, but he does not know if the odds are in his favor.
Jack: “Gambling’s not about money. Gambling’s about not facing reality, ignoring the odds.”
Marion: “I must be a fool – I never think about the odds.”
Vegas Vacation
The Grisworlds are on holiday in Las Vegas, and each member gets into a different set of adventures. The dad plays blackjack in a Vegas casino and loses money. The mom gets into a relationship with a lounge performer. The son plays dice, and the daughter starts exploring seedy nightclubs. You have the watch the movie to find out if the family can keep out of trouble.
Marty the Blackjack Dealer: “You don’t know when to quit, do ya Griswold? Here’s an idea: Why don’t you give me half the money you were gonna bet, then we’ll go out back, I’ll kick you in the nuts, and we’ll call it a day!”
