When you take a look at all the gambling-themed songs, you will notice that musicians from different genres have found inspiration in the lows and highs of gambling. This is no wonder since gambling has a way of creeping itself into the lives of celebrities. Some of these celebrities have hit rock bottom due to gambling, which inspired them to write these songs, while some have had moments of joy.

People have always looked for ways of becoming rich quick, and gambling has always been one of those get-rich-quick ways. Whether it’s playing poker or real money progressive online pokies like those found at killerpokies.com, gambling has always been a dreamy scheme of becoming filthy rich. So, here are the ten best all time gambling songs that we’ve come up with.

10. The Cincinnati Kid by Ray Charles – The legend of rhythm and blues has more gambling related songs than any other musician and this is one of his best. Sometimes he sings specifically about gambling, while sometimes he uses poker or blackjack metaphors to tell a story about love or something unrelated to gambling. Here he uses poker to describe a man that wants to win the queen of hearts by becoming the king of green and win the huge pot. It’s a classy song suitable for a western cowboy movie.

9. The Card Cheat by The Clash – The Clash were known for their punk sound, but this is one of their more serious songs with a piano as the main background theme. It’s a song about a poker cheater with cards up his sleeves. When the dealer discovers he is a cheat he kills him. The lyrics have a very dark atmosphere, but the sound is very cheerful.

8. A Good Run of Bad Luck by Clint Black – Clint Black is not that popular as the other musicians on this list, but this song of his will be remembered thanks to the popularity of the movie it was soundtrack to. The movie was Maverick featuring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Green and Alfred Molina. It was a very successful Hollywood blockbuster about Wild West poker tournaments. Just like the title of the song tells, it’s about gambling fast and loose, and being followed by bad luck.

7. The Winner Takes It All by ABBA – Even Europe’s most famous disco group has had a gambling song in its discography. Even those of you that hate disco this song will put you in the right mood when playing anything from video pokies to roulette. Listen to this song by Europe’s lovelies at least once and let me see you getting it unstuck from your head.

6. House of the Rising Sun by The Animals – This pure classic rendition of the folk song House of the Rising Sun made by the Animals in 1964 is probably the best version made so far despite being remade by countless other bands and singers. It’s about how gambling can ruin your life if you become addicted.

5. Ace of Spades by Motorhead – Motorhead are the kings of fast heavy metal music. Their front man Lemmy Kilmister is known for his love for poker, which is why he made this one. It’s about a die-hard poker gambler that that lives on the edge and looks for that one card – the ace of spades.

4. Tumbling Dice by Rolling Stones – The song itself is not dice related, but here Mick Jagger uses gambling references from the game of craps to tell a story about how women are pure gamblers at heart. There are also poker terms used throughout the lyrics like ‘wild deuce’.

3. The Gambler by Kenny Rogers – This one is probably the most obvious choice in this list. It’s one of the most played poker songs in the history of music, it has a classic line and has some great advices about gambling in it.

2. Luck be a Lady by Frank Sinatra – A classic Frank Sinatra song about a poker gambler that prays for lady luck to be beside him at the tables. There is hardly a Sinatra fan that doesn’t know the words to this one, one of his best and most memorable gambling songs.

1. Viva Las Vegas by Elvis Presley – How can you not put this song at the top if a list like this? The King himself was a great fan of gambling to the point he even wrote a song about how great Las Vegas is. When you listen to this song you just want to teleport there immediately and hit the craps table.