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
Leonard	LEN-ərd (English), LAY-o-nahrt (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
FechÍN	FE-kheen	Irish
Mccloud	[mək'klaud]
Rosalynne	ROZ-ə-lin	English (Rare)
Rakesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
Suzie	SOO-zee	English