[L.N. Smithee]

It's our fault for not sending Swaggart more money, so he could have gone and done some high rolling instead of scrounging around in a cheap motel.

I hope you know that makes no sense whatsoever.

[palmer]

The point is that getting thrills at a cheap motel and getting them at an expensive one are pretty much the same thing. The focus on gambling has everyone missing the point.

High rolling is confluence of a large number of deadly sins. The most obvious sin is Vanity. There is probably some Envy of the other high rollers. Gluttony is a given and Lust for having one's a$$ kissed. Greed is a side effect to sustain the habit and there is probably some Sloth in being waiting on 24x7.

With that many sins, it's hard to claim any virtue.