Souviens-toi que leTemps est un joueur avide Qui gagne sans tricher, a'   tout coup! c'est la loi. Remember! Time, that tireless gambler, wins on every turn of the wheel: that is the law.

-Baudelaire, Charles
  Les Fleurs du mal,'L'Horloge' (translated by Richard Howard,1982).

The whore and gambler, by the state Licensed build that nation's fate. The harlot's cry from street to street Shall weave old England's winding sheet.

-Blake,William
c.1803  Auguries of Innocence, l.113^6

Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero, and I'll show you a corpse.

-Puzo, Mario
  Fools Die, ch.2.

A gambler is someone who plays slot machines. I prefer to own slot machines.

-Trump, Donald
  On the opening of his Atlanta CityTaj Mahal casino. In Time, 9 Apr.