Gambler 40+ 3-Star Seamless Poly

I belong to two large clubs, one of them used to use Butterfly the other Nittaku, recently these companies stopped giving out free balls and the clubs switched to Gambler 40+. As far as durability: When they break they do so in a most spectacular fashion, like they were shot with a gun, however BOTH clubs have had breakage go down by more than half. The BTY and NP40+ break in the seam, but much more often just not as spectacularly. I should note that if you do not hit an edge this ball will last until it gets slick like the old 38mm. Roundness: Good as any ball we have had in the club. It should be noted that I am a recovering Nittaku fan boy, I still like the brand for the sake of the brand itself but the Gamblers are begrudgingly as good or better for 1/3 the price. FR

Less then $1 per ball .Excellent balls.durable with annoying metal sound.For USATT santioned tournaments only.That is fine with me...

I got 50 gambler balls .good bounce. Round.in 6 months none is broken. 1 started to sound srange.several got feet crashed.these balls are inferior to none .and for the price I'm 'going to play with gamblers only

I'm more than generous to give it an overall rating of 5 out of 10. I found that they are easy to break, broken like an eggshell, if you hit off your edge of paddle or mishit to table edge. 2 of them don't last longer than a few hours or 1 and a half days. Granted it's averaging $1/ball, it has good reputation in some local club players. I found that they may think it's cheaper so have less complaints or expectation. My thought is that anything close to a dollar or more should last longer than practice balls. I know I'm already getting the "better" batch, since the logo is not offensively large like their original batch. So unfortunately the quality has not picked up still. I wanted to say though, despite easy to crack, they sound and play like a Nittaku premium 3-star. Have a slightly lighter feel to it, maybe due to not being too hard like the G40+ or Nittaku premium 3-star. My favorite of all 40+ poly balls that are more durable is still the Nittaku 2-star Superior Balls. Plays and actually made of same materials and from same factory as their premium 3-star balls.