Ayn Rand on Gambling?
I don't quite remember what I was reading or browsing on social media, maybe something about sports betting, but I wondered how gambling would fit into the Objectivist mindset. It didn't seem incompatible (I mean, it's your money and investing in a business venture is a kind of gambling, so...?), but I was curious if there was a definite yay or nay on the subject. A quick search yielded the following quote:
"The passion for gambling comes from a man's belief that he has no control over his life, that he is controlled by fate, and, therefore, he wants to reassure himself that fate or luck is on his side."
The source for this is a site called LibQuotes, which seems reputable overall, but does not list any sort of source for this particular quote.
I mean, it sounds like something she would say, but that doesn't mean much. It's neither a yay nor nay, but gives you something to think about.
Admittedly, my own Rand library is rather small (I'm new here, let's put it that way), but in my search, I couldn't find anything on the subject, not in the Lexicon, not in her Q&A's, and not in The Voice of Reason, the most likely places for such a thing to be cataloged. So, here I am to ask if anyone can find the source of this quote.
Thank you for your time.