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1media/Thumb 1810.png2025-07-31T11:35:40-04:00For Those Who Are Bored10A comedic example of a person who exemplifies the expression "lucky in gambling, unlucky in love"plain2025-08-08T17:18:38-04:0010-14-1890 X..., renowned for his persistent luck at gambling, fully justifies the old saying “lucky at gambling, unlucky in...”, invented to console those who lose.*
He recently recounted one of his late misadventures to someone who asked him, “What did you do when you caught them in flagrante delicto?” “What did I do?” replied the unfortunate man. “I left, slamming the door behind me so hard that they must have realized I wasn't happy!”
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*The phrase, known to contemporary readers, is "lucky in gambling, unlucky in love."
