Did you ever wonder why most independent donut shops are run by Cambodian immigrants?

Documentary, Donut King – Ted Ngoy, aka Uncle Ted. Frustrations and inability to stop gambling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Ngoy
In 1975, Ngoy fled the Khmer Rouge with his wife and three children to Camp Pendleton.

He was employed by a church as a janitor. Winchell’s. Christy’s Donuts. More than 30 locations throughout CA.

Ngoy bought additional doughnut shops in Orange County. He became tired running doughnut shops on his own and decided to train and lease shops to his relatives and employ Cambodian refugees. He saw an opportunity to expand his business and help the large number of poor, unassimilated Cambodians who had fled the Khmer Rouge to the United States. By 1987, Ngoy owned 32 Christy’s Donuts locations, largely accomplished by living out of a motorhome allowing him and his family to travel up and down the state of California establishing new locations.
Started gambling. Eventually he lost everything.

Ngoy attempted Gambler’s Anonymous, but denies its help with his situation stating that when he went to meetings

“I cry, everybody cry. After cry, go back gambling.”

Ngoy’s gambling had progressed from the card tables to placing bets on sports games with Cambodian bookies.

After a particularly devastating gambling loss in 1990, Ngoy flew to Washington, D.C. and joined a Buddhist monastery where he spent a month meditating. Following his time in the nation’s capital, Ngoy spent time in a monastery in the Thai countryside where he spent his morning begging for alms. Upon his return to Orange County, Ngoy began gambling harder than ever stating

“Monks cannot help me, Buddha cannot help me.”