Very good post. These are key points. According to news reports, Paddock last had a salaried job in 1988. Since then, he has been a ‘professional gambler.’
The source of his income is a mystery.
Every known job PAddock had was working for the federal government as gov employee. Very likely he would have wanted to continue federal employment.
I suspect he continued to work for the government in an “off the books” capacity.
His “gambling” would seem to be money laundering. If he had developed a system to consistently beat the house every casino would have banned him long ago.
Gun running makes little sense - not a lot of money in it. Did he actually purchase the guns or did someone else purchase them in his name? Could be he is a patsy for the deep state.