> John Goodman’s character in O Brother was a man who realized selling bibles was a lucrative business. He was a con man.
John Goodman also played the patriarch of a Megachurch family in the Righteous Gemstones. Maybe there's a pattern there? He did play a Senator in Alpha House too.
I think you’re on the right track. It’s not the betters but the bookie who you need to look askance at here.