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Las Vegas Shooter Gambled With At Least $160K In Recent Weeks
NBC News ^ | 10-03-2017 | by Tom Winter, Pete Williams and Andrew Blankstein

Posted on 10/03/2017 10:26:58 AM PDT by Red Badger

Mandalay Bay shooter Stephen Paddock gambled with at least $160,000 in the past several weeks at Las Vegas casinos, according to multiple senior law enforcement officials.

There were 16 separate Currency Transaction Reports, or CTRS, filed for Paddock in recent weeks. The Treasury Department and the IRS mandate that casinos have to file the reports for "each transaction in currency involving cash-in and cash-out of more than $10,000 in a gaming day."

The reports don't show whether Paddock won or lost or both on the days in question. They do show that on same days there were multiple transactions.

A source familiar with the investigation told NBC News that Paddock was a frequent player "with the highest status" at Caesars Entertainment properties in Las Vegas.

According to the company's website, the top level for gamblers is Seven Stars Tier Status, which is by invitation only and subject to alteration or cancellation. Privileges include comped rooms, room upgrades, player credits, and access to "signature experiences."

Paddock lost a slip-and-fall lawsuit against another Vegas casino, the Cosmopolitan Hotel. He still owed $270 in court fees when he killed himself and 59 other people Sunday.

Security video from the Cosmopolitan Hotel shows Paddock slipping and falling on Oct. 30, 2011, as he walked from a hotel shop towards a high-stakes area in the casino. Paddock said he had slipped in a puddle of liquid and sued the hotel in 2012, initially asking for $100,000, according to the attorney for the hotel, Marty Kravitz.

Paddock reported incurring more than in $32,000 in medical bills, and also wanted to be paid for pain and suffering. Security video shows him getting medical attention and then being stretchered out of the casino.

"They always ask for a lot more than they can get, but he got nothing," said Kravitz.

The arbitrator ruled in favor of the casino and dismissed allegations of negligence as "without merit."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: casino; gambling; paddockgambling; stephenpaddock
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To: raiderboy

I don’t think he had a “do not disturb” sign on his door, or at least not all the time he was there. Maids were interviewed, they said they were in and out cleaning and supplying the room, they said they saw nothing out of the ordinary.


41 posted on 10/03/2017 11:25:40 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: CGASMIA68

I have been saying the US needs to charge the girl friend with accessory,extradite her ass back to the US and deal with the legal limbo jumbo later. Get her to spill her guts because she,like the Orlando woman and know more than whats ou t there

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Speaking of “the orlando woman”: what beans did she ever spill?

Noor salman basically said she knew nothing.


42 posted on 10/03/2017 11:26:42 AM PDT by thinden
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To: DoughtyOne

He was 64, so he wouldn’t have drawn many second looks in Vegas.

He probably used gun cases that would not draw attention to himself. Squared and not ‘gun shaped’.

He probably made more than one trip to the car to get them all up to his room. so again, no attention drawn.

He probably had them pre loaded, so he would not be lugging a case of ammo.

He most likely used the freight elevator and made sure no staff was on it.

He could have done all these things...............


43 posted on 10/03/2017 11:30:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: grania

Exactly.

He had this level with the casino and I’m sure others because he lost money with them. The loyalty schemes encourage you to lose more money with them by giving you perks worth less than your expected losses. I don’t understand how successful, well educated people and in particular those with financial expenses fall for becoming frequent gamblers at casinos. I do get the every once in awhile, low dollar ‘fun’. In the long run, you will lose all of your money. It’s the short run thrill and the way they treat you. There are websites dedicated to how to get the highest tiers at these casinos and there’s an expected loss and a total dollar spend to do so. Looks like this level is around 1.5mil in wagers a year (losses much smaller). It’s how they keep the addicts betting at their casinos so they lose more.


44 posted on 10/03/2017 11:32:29 AM PDT by jimnm
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To: Red Badger
There can be little doubt that Harvard Medical School will want to study this pig's brain...

...assuming he didn't put a bullet through it.

45 posted on 10/03/2017 11:36:01 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

He probably did.....................


46 posted on 10/03/2017 11:36:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Good customer who gambles a LOT? Well then, take whatever you want up to your room including AR-15’s and Mandalay does not care if you keep opening your wallet.


47 posted on 10/03/2017 11:39:06 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: Red Badger
Initially asking for $100,000, Paddock reported incurring more than in $32,000 in medical bills, and also wanted to be paid for pain and suffering.

"They always ask for a lot more than they can get, but he got nothing,"

There's one motive.

48 posted on 10/03/2017 11:42:02 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Red Badger

He could have put them in guitar cases for all we know. It was a music festival right?


49 posted on 10/03/2017 11:43:38 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Certainly. Nobody would have thought a thing was wrong.............


50 posted on 10/03/2017 11:44:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: raiderboy
how did room service react to 4 days of do not disturb signs? Is there not a policy on that. I really think the Mandalay Bay will be sued for negligence here when the video is reviewed.

No there is no policy, and the guest may go on for his entire stay without housekeeping tidy up his room.

51 posted on 10/03/2017 11:49:46 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Red Badger

Nope...


52 posted on 10/03/2017 11:54:18 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: raiderboy

Not only will Mandalay Bay be sued, but so will everyone else including those who put on the festival.


53 posted on 10/03/2017 11:55:35 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Red Badger
Red Badger said: "He most likely used the freight elevator and made sure no staff was on it."

There are cameras EVERYWHERE in a casino. But the focus of a casino's security is to make sure that nobody cheats the casino out of a dime.

I've stayed in Las Vegas casino-hotels. For those of us too cheap to tip the staff, they supply large roll around carts to carry one's luggage up to their room. A customer could load a couple of steamer trunks on one which would hold all the supplies the shooter needed. It wouldn't raise an eyebrow.

The shooter could even have made use of the maid service by locking the trunks when he was out of the room. There were virtually no impediments to the shooter carrying out his plan and he would have been confident of that being true ahead of time.

54 posted on 10/03/2017 11:57:24 AM PDT by William Tell
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To: Robert DeLong
"... and the guest may go on for his entire stay without housekeeping tidying up his room."

Quite true. When my wife and I travel she prefers to do her own "tidying". Many times I am traveling with firearms and would prefer to believe that no one is going to make off with them.

55 posted on 10/03/2017 12:03:00 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: raiderboy
“This was too wierd. 23 guns????? thousands of rounds of ammo. Someone had to have said something to management.”

Not unless they were all brought in a very short time window just prior to the event once he he had settled in and waited. Luggage and packages carried up to his room by multiple parties would never be noticed.
That would imply outside assistance. The casino videos are going to be very interesting if they ever are released. My guess is there was a fair amount of foot traffic other than him into and out his suite in the 24hrs leading up to his shooting spree.

56 posted on 10/03/2017 12:03:17 PM PDT by Polynikes ( Hakkaa palle)
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To: William Tell

Yes.

He would not have raised anybody’s attention, carrying his own stuff and not bothering anyone in the process.

Who would have even thought about a 64 year old white guy that looked like everyone’s grandfather would do what he did?

OTOH, if he had been a young Middle Eastern guy with bunch of extraneous luggage and an attitude.................


57 posted on 10/03/2017 12:04:09 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: petitfour

When did he reserve the room? Had he stayed in that room before?
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From what they said on Fox News, the room would have had to be booked months in advance.

Also, he set up a camera to see when the police arrived.

These suggest to me this was well planned, in advance.


58 posted on 10/03/2017 12:08:01 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: Polynikes

Good points. It is clear that that many guns would have taken 7 or 8 trips ( minimum) . the ammo weight alone on the 4000 rounds he fired would have been tremendous. I know he did not let the maid in but is there no policy after 4 days? The videos will be interesting.


59 posted on 10/03/2017 12:11:07 PM PDT by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”)
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To: raiderboy

My bet....you won’t see no stinking videos.


60 posted on 10/03/2017 12:13:12 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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