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title: "A Saying From the Pit"
url: https://randronsports.com/a-saying-from-the-blackjack-pit
description: "It is a blunt way of saying what the entry on edge and hold says at greater."
published: 2026-09-06
updated: 2026-09-06
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# A Saying From the Pit

Published 2026-09-06

[20 October 2011quote post](https://randronsports.com/a-saying-from-the-blackjack-pit)

> “Every seat at the table is a rented one. The rent is the percentage.”

— a floor saying of no fixed origin, repeated across pits for decades

It is a blunt way of saying what the entry on edge and hold says at greater length.

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