Is he not a degenerate gambler? I know that his son was a fairly high draft pick and is in the Brewers system. Ironic, because this sounds a lot like the Cecil/Prince Fielder situation.
He even says he was buying Gretzky's house to later flip it and he's blaming the bank for loaning him the money. It's assholes like him, buying house(s) to flip, that played a part in destroying the economy. He chose to gamble and lost. End of story. I don't feel the least bit sorry for him.