The stakes are high

A mainstream anthology of stories on gambling themes, edited by Brent K. Ashabranner and published by Pennant Books in 1954. There was no hardcover edition.

Contents:

"Blood Money" - David Karp
"Taste" - Roald Dahl
"Everything is Wild" - James Thurber
"The Most Dangerous Game" - Richard Connell
"The Wager" - Anton Chekhov (trans. A. E. Chamot)
"Two Days Wasted in Kansas City" - William Saroyan
"Swindler's Luck" -Ben Hecht
"Katz" - Nelson Algren
"A Piece of Pie" -Damon Runyon
"Elementals" - Stephen Vincent Benét
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" - D. H. Lawrence
"The Resourceful Miss Railey" -Irvin S. Cobb
"A Watcher by the Dead" - Ambrose Bierce
"A Fowl Disaster" - John Taintor Foote
"Gambler's Luck" - Albert Richard Wetjen