Complex sentence: Unhappy that his wife Peggy took a job as a hostess in order to pay a second mortgage on their home, he resorts to excessive gambling, betting huge sums of money in poker games and trying to coerce young soldiers to bet playing pinball.
Split into simpler sentences: Unhappy that his wife Peggy took a job as a hostess in order to pay a second mortgage on thier home. He resorts to excessive gambling, betting huge sums of money in poker games and trying to coerce young soldiers to bet playing pinball.