I'm sure alan wanted to make a good income from the business, both because "Hell, you can never have TOO MUCH money," and also to prove to the TV network that canned him that he was still relevant, still in the game.

So keeping busy is not the issue here, the issue is to what degree have his casino losses and the time he spent in casinos affected his ability to run his business and to speak truthfully to his son about it?

He says that technology has made his business obsolete, and while that may be true it has no bearing on his bald-faced lying to his son about his failure.