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
Marnie	['ma:ni]
Miljana	-	Serbian
Przemek	PZHE-mek	Polish
Coleman	-	English, Irish
Iunius	-	Ancient Roman
Moriah	mo-RIE-ə (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Modern)