1.   But the father was an inveterate gambler, and the possessor of a vicious rage, to boot.

2.   He was also a skilled boxer and an inveterate gambler.

3.   Ogawa is an inveterate gambler, betting on boats, horses and baseball.

4.   Police there say he lived with a group of transvestites in Thomasville, N.C., and was known as a drug user and inveterate gambler.

5.   Porgy is a sage, a saint, a trickster, an inveterate gambler, eventually a murderer.

6.   Wilkerson correctly figured that the only way an inveterate gambler could win was by owning the house, and the Flamingo was the result.