150 Movie Quotes about Gambling (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Aug 14, 2025

Memorable quotes about gambling, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Next time you gamble, bet your own life!

Mirage in The Incredibles

2 Yeah, well sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.

Paul Newman as Lucas "Luke" Jackson in Cool Hand Luke

3 It is time for chance to intervene.

Maggie Smith as Thetis in Clash of the Titans (1981)

4 What did Angie say? -Dreams can begin small. You just have to... bet it all. Bet it all!

Quote from Shark Tale

5 The sound of rollin' dice, to me is music in the air 'cause I'm a gamblin' Boogie Man, although I don't play fair.

Quote from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

6 Are you a gamblin' man, Sandy? Let's play!

Quote from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

7 Are you a betting man? -I never gamble. -Well, this time you'll have to because I now have a wager you must accept. The stake's are your life.

Julie Newmar as Catwoman in Batman (1966)

8 Now we've got a man waiting for sentence. But ain't it the truth? You take your chances with the law. Justice is only a roll of the dice, a flip of the coin, a turn of the wheel.

Quote from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

9 He was too much of a gambler not to accept his fate. With him, life was at best an uncertain game, and he recognized the usual percentage in favour of the dealer.

Laurence Olivier as Narrator in The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1954)

10 I'll bet you 20 bucks I can get you gambling before the end of the day. -No way. -I'll give you 3-to-1 odds. -Nope. -5-to-1? -Nope. -10-to-1? -You're on.

Quote from Dumb and Dumber