"Well I pay for one anyway, I have only really ever used the damned place 3 times, during my recuperation from my blindness. Paying for the place is easy, I bet on myself to win in the arena. When I win I double up, if I should loose....well I won't miss the money." He smiled a little sadly. "Freedom?....That was difficult. My former employers used to pay the gladiators who preformed well a small incentive to do well in the arena. All the others just used it for women and booze to celebrate. I invested it and started betting it on myself, only a little at a time so it didn't draw too much suspicion. Once I had enough I made a generous offer to my owners and they accepted granting my freedom...after that it was just rinse and repeat regarding making more money to pay for a place to live...and ironically loading it with statues of the old gods."