Gambling expressions

Throughout my life I use certain expressions that are clearly meant to be figurative or rhetorical.

One of my favorite is "I'm willing to bet..." Or "I wager that...".

For example if I am with friends at the movies and a character who earlier has stuffed a knife in his pocket is being threatened I might say to my friends "I am willing to wager he uses his knife to get out of that situation"

Absolutely no one in my group would take me seriously and start pulling out money.

I have learned I can't do that on this forum. Any statement like "I am willing to wager..." Will be followed up by posts demanding odds, payouts and acceptance of the wager.

Yeesh, guys don't take everything so serious

poker has some great ones but I don't play poker so I don't know what they mean - but they sound real cool

when I first started gambling I didn't really know what I was doing and real often I was



𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜






then there's some I like for horse racing


𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘬 - the favorite - comes from way back when they used a chalkboard to keep marking down the odds on the fave

𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 - running at a moderate speed - not full tilt

𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵 - the best time of the day in a workout at a particular distance at a particular track

𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 - a horse that has never won

dam - the mother of a thoroughbred -................................ 𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 is the father

𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳 - the low level employee of a barn who walks the horse to cool him down after a race

𝘫𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘦 - a 2 year old horse

𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 - a horse who loses ground due to crowding

Quote: lilredrooster

poker has some great ones but I don't play poker so I don't know what they mean - but they sound real cool

then there's some I like for horse racing

Am I the only person who uses a phrase like:

up for show - a horse that pays more to show than to place, usually because of a bridgejumper's horse finishing out of the money

Quote: darkoz

Throughout my life I use certain expressions that are clearly meant to be figurative or rhetorical.

One of my favorite is "I'm willing to bet..." Or "I wager that...".

For example if I am with friends at the movies and a character who earlier has stuffed a knife in his pocket is being threatened I might say to my friends "I am willing to wager he uses his knife to get out of that situation"

Absolutely no one in my group would take me seriously and start pulling out money.

This reminds me of an episode of the old F Troop TV series:
(some private) He'd be a sure bet to win!
(the fort commander) Just a minute - did I hear the word "bet"? Gambling is strictly prohibited in this territory!

Quote: darkoz

Throughout my life I use certain expressions that are clearly meant to be figurative or rhetorical.

One of my favorite is "I'm willing to bet..." Or "I wager that...".

For example if I am with friends at the movies and a character who earlier has stuffed a knife in his pocket is being threatened I might say to my friends "I am willing to wager he uses his knife to get out of that situation"

Absolutely no one in my group would take me seriously and start pulling out money.

I have learned I can't do that on this forum. Any statement like "I am willing to wager..." Will be followed up by posts demanding odds, payouts and acceptance of the wager.

Yeesh, guys don't take everything so serious

The gambling expression response would be: your mouth is writing checks that your @$$ can’t cash. :-)

Quote: darkoz

Throughout my life I use certain expressions that are clearly meant to be figurative or rhetorical.

One of my favorite is "I'm willing to bet..." Or "I wager that...".

For example if I am with friends at the movies and a character who earlier has stuffed a knife in his pocket is being threatened I might say to my friends "I am willing to wager he uses his knife to get out of that situation"

Absolutely no one in my group would take me seriously and start pulling out money.

I have learned I can't do that on this forum. Any statement like "I am willing to wager..." Will be followed up by posts demanding odds, payouts and acceptance of the wager.

Yeesh, guys don't take everything so serious

"That ish is rigged"

- me

𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜


probably illegal - still being done
a blackjack player stands or sits where he can see the dealer's hole card and then signals his buddy at the table its value

this was shown in the movie "Casino"
the pit boss caught one of them, backroomed him, and broke his hand


true story:

years ago, I met an old guy who told me he was BJ dealer in Vegas in the 60s
he was missing his pinky finger

he told me some whale came up to his table and won big
the bosses thought he was colluding but he wasn't
they cut off his finger

"I Am The Eye In The Sky" - Alan Parsons 1982

When you get bit by the snake, you're afraid of the lizard.

Quote: lilredrooster

𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜


probably illegal - still being done
a blackjack player stands or sits where he can see the dealer's hole card and then signals his buddy at the table its value

this was shown in the movie "Casino"
the pit boss caught one of them, backroomed him, and broke his hand


true story:

years ago, I met an old guy who told me he was BJ dealer in Vegas in the 60s
he was missing his pinky finger

he told me some whale came up to his table and won big
the bosses thought he was colluding but he wasn't
they cut off his finger

I'm not sure if that's illegal in Nevada. Unless they're claiming you have information not available to the other players?

Quote: AxelWolf

I'm not sure if that's illegal in Nevada. Unless they're claiming you have information not available to the other players?

I used the word "probably" because I don't know for sure - I'm sure that famous BJ AP lawyer Nersesian could give a much better answer

but yes, the player at the table getting the signal definitely has info that other players don't - he knows the dealer's hole card value