Aaron C. Brown: Gambling

Aaron C. Brown is American financial analyst. Explore interesting quotes on gambling.

Aaron C. Brown: 30 quotes0 likes

“From the lottery to raise the funds for the founding of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 to the lottery used to pay the interest on Dutch loans to the United States during the Revolutionary War, the development of the United States was funded by gambling.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 4, A Brief History of Risk Denial, p. 86

“All exchange stimulates productive activity, whether exchange by gift, gambling, barter, or money transaction.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 5, Pokernomics, p. 127

“If no one gambled against the grain in good times, there would be no winners to inspire people in the bad times.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 4, A Brief History of Risk Denial, p. 81

“Monotheism introduced the idea that we should passively accept whatever fate God dealt. Gambling seemed to be a refusal to do that.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 4, A Brief History of Risk Denial, p. 75

“There is a deep, ancient connection between gambling and divination.”

Source: The Poker Face of Wall Street (2006), Chapter 6, Son of a Soft Money Bank, p. 167