play the papers

To gamble. Primarily heard in US. If you keep playing the papers, you'll have no money left at all! I refuse to lend him any more money until he stops playing the papers!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Benoite	-	French
Yildirim	-	Turkish
Nico	NEE-ko (Italian, Dutch, Spanish)	Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Rasul	-	Arabic
Chawwah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Mara (2)	-	Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian