- Psychologist: How would you rate the thrill you got from gambling, on a scale of one to 100?
- Dan Mahowny: Um... hundred.
- Psychologist: And what about the biggest thrill you've ever had outside of gambling?
- Dan Mahowny: Twenty.
- Psychologist: Twenty. How do you feel about living the rest of your life with a max of twenty?
- Dan Mahowny: Ok. Twenty's ok.
- [when asked why he'd never been to Niagra Falls]
- Dan Mahowny: I don't want to use up all of Canada too soon.
- Dan Mahowny: How much for the bags?
- Car Rental Girl: They're free for customers.
- Dan Mahowny: Great, can I have one?
- Car Rental Girl: Well, you're not a customer, so...
- Dan Mahowny: Okay... how much for the bags?
- Investigator #1: You've got a gambling problem, right?
- Dan Mahowny: No...
- [chuckles]
- Dan Mahowny: No, sir.
- Investigator #1: Come on. You didn't get a buzz out of it?
- Dan Mahowny: I have a... financial problem. A shortfall.
- Psychologist: You know, some folks believe everyone has a public life, a private life, and a secret life. What do you think about that?
- Dan Mahowny: The thing is, I guess... that my secret life... is a bit less secret than everyone else's right now.
- Dan Mahowny: What are you saying?
- Frank Perlin: I'm saying that we're going to have to come up with a payment plan. Where you give me a certain amount of money, on a certain day, and until you're paid up, you do not play.
- Dan Mahowny: You can't do that!
- Frank Perlin: I CAN do it.. I'm doing it now.
- Belinda: Do you expect me to just sit back and watch you throw your whole career down the drain? Not to mention our relationship?
- Victor Foss: No sex, no booze, no drugs... our little roller is a purist. He's a goddamned thoroughbred! All he cares about is the next hand! He's a beauty. I love him.
- [laughs]
- Victor Foss: I love him!
- Victor Foss: That guy you found in the stairwell. Mr. Ribs. He likes you. And you're gonna stick to 'it.
- Bernie: Sir ah, I... I didn't do nothin'
- Victor Foss: Well, then don't do nothin' again.
- Bernie: [to Dan at a craps table] ... Please., pick-up, walk, right now.
- Dan Mahowny: Bernie, I just got here.