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."
Read post #54.
It would be easy to do. Place the boxes of ammo in suitcase or food bags and place them on the cart. Same with the guns which are in a golf case or convention set-up long case. Dump some groceries in with the mix.
People do it all day long in Vegas- conventioneers, sports teams, golfers, etc.
The golf bag(s) go up fully loaded and come down empty each day. Rinse, repeat. He could have done it with 2-3 luggage cart trips. As long as he’s the one doing the lifting, no one bats an eye.
General question for any FReeper who has stayed there (Sorry - RB...your post just got me curious)...
Is Mandalay a valet only parking facility or can you self park in a garage and take elevators straight upstairs to rooms?
Of course, if you desire, you can park your car right in front of any casino/hotel and workers there will be more than happy to valet-park your car (and they will be holding their hands out for a nice tip). But most of us regular people are fine self-parking ourselves in the vast parking garages out back, all well-lit with plenty of signs pointing to the casino entrances. They practically suck you right in.
And as others point out, if you have a room there, you can grab a luggage dolly, pile it up high and take it right into the banks of elevators. Valets may walk up to you and offer to help but otherwise nobody bats an eye.
He was senior partner in a Texas real estate deal five years ago that netted $12 million. He still five years later had no shortage of money.
“I am thinking, he was thinking... I win, I go home. I lose, I make them pay.”
Yeah, and he’s planning on hauling all that gear and ammo back out of the hotel if he wins?
It was a one-way plan, IMO.
Sweet - thanks. I figured. I lived near casinos for some time, but no idea what Vegas is like.
I agree with your methodology its very doable but I don't believe he acted alone. He had no military experience, wasn't a “gun guy” if you want to believe his brother, no discernible connections to radical ideology, and a retired accountant with no record. A perfect “cut out”.
The casino videos will tell the tale but I suspect we will never see them ie: the video system will have a “glitch” and been down in the area he had a room.
Maybe he had some terminal disease.
Hates conservatives, wants to go out with a bang.
Had an antifa or isis type ‘encourager’ that helped him.
They could have begun the initial carnage together and then he split.
Only those able to review the security footage would know, unless footage the lens was blocked.
It’s possible. Another possibility would have been if his accomplice simply helped him load the luggage cart curbside and Paddock personally wheeled it into his room and unloaded it at his leisure.
He could have learned to shoot and practiced out in the desert.
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