Talk:The Gambler (song)

message: Someone has added the gambler may have not died in the song and he may have "just been sleeping". This would hardly be "breaking even" (a phrase the song uses) after he states "the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep". This is a symbolic song throughout, why would they change the pace at the end. Also, as documented in this article, The Gambler dies on the Muppet Show when Rogers sang the song. It is clear that gambler does die at the end (these "final words" he speaks are certainly his last based on the song being symbolic and the gamblers death in the muppet show performance of the song). 66.67.229.26 (talk) 13:06, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've added this link twice and twice it's been removed.  Why? --Coolcaesar (talk) 20:19, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there ANY OTHER poker game he could be referring to besides Texas hold 'em? 

message: This is a bizarre Wiki, It should either be merged with Kenny Rogers' Wiki with credit given to Schlitz as the composer, or it should be an actual The Gambler as a song itself Wikipedia entry. As is this is just a Kenny Rogers slanted half-ass job of The Gambler's history leaving out vast amounts of it's history, uses and references to the song.
Let me give you an idea of what I'm talking about:
 
The song The Gambler was written by Don Schlitz in August of 1976 at the age of 23.  He has stated many times it took about twenty minutes to write the lion's share of it. After sharing it with several songwriters who were convinced he was on to something it took six weeks to compose the last verse. It only took two years to get it cut. 
Schlitz recorded The Gambler as a single in early 1978 on Capitol Records. (see how could you fail to know the year it was released by the writer himself and still write a Wiki entitled "The Gambler"???)
Schlitz version made it to #65 on the 1978 Country charts.
Conway Twitty’s son, Michael Twitty, also cut "The Gambler".
International Game Technology created a  “The Gambler” slot machine which continues to be revamped for major casinos even today.
I'm not mentioning Bobby Bare, nor Johhny Cash as their mentions are a few of the things The Gambler wiki has done correctly.
I can go on for pages, but.. This is someone elses job to decide what should be done with this Wiki, personally I would like to see it done correctly as it is, a separate Wiki, but do it the justice this song deserves or just slap it in with the rest of Kenny Rogers' Wikipedia page.--2602:306:CF5B:6C80:B85F:F76A:8963:F7CE (talk) 20:29, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  THE GAMBLER or KENNY ROGER'S THE GAMBLER 

message: Jim Page (singer) had a song in 1976 called "Time Enough For Questions When The Killing's Done". I'm wondering if the the last line of this song's chorus is a reference to that. FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk) 03:12, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Jim Page

message: The "Chart (1978–1979)" table shows the UK chart peak as 22. But that peak was in 2007; the song didn't chart at all in 1978-1979. I'm not sure how to fix this - I don't want to simply remove all mention of the UK chart peak, but clearly it shouldn't be shown as if it occurred in the 1970s. --Zundark (talk) 20:02, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: UK chart peak