Kenny Rogers’ recording of the Don Schlitz-penned song “The Gambler” turned a simple record into an entire industry. Aside from the tens of millions of copies the record has sold since its 1978 release, aside from winning a subsequent Song of the Year Grammy and contributing greatly to producer Larry Butler’s also winning the Producer of the Year Grammy (the only country producer ever to win that laurel), the recording spawned five — count ’em, five — made-for-TV movies, as…