This is what you're supporting when you gamble, kids.

Elaine Wynn, of the super-mega-rich casino Wynns, is apparently the person who paid the record-setting price for the Bacon triptych a few months ago. I had read that the Qatari royal family was the likely secret buyer, but I guess I read the wrong rumors.

How much is that painting worth?

This triptych sold for $142 million. Photo.

A director at auction house Sotheby's explains the pricing of expensive art.