[E. Pluribus Unum]

Follow the money. Where was his money coming from? I don't buy the "savvy businessman" thing.

He was laundering cash through the casinos and pretending he was a video poker whiz, but you can't win at video poker, you can only get a payback of about 70%. Walking in with $100,000 of indeterminate origin and walking out with $70,000 of legal 1099'ed gambling earnings is a pretty good deal.

The fakestream presstitutes have studiously avoided following the money. That alone should raise alarm bells. They just say he was a miraculous businessmen. I don't believe in miracles that involve money.

[Diplomat]

Agreed. It’s not possible to be full time VIDEO poker player and make money doing it

[Paladin2]

"..dressed casually, even sloppily, in flip-flops and sweatsuits."

Well, no sharp creases in those puppies...

[Paladin2]

Weasel McCabe will get right on that.

The FBI has very quiet of late.

[bgill]

I played the 25 cent machines with an original handful of quarters for two days and supplied the kids with all the quarters they needed for the arcade room.

Maybe the cheapo machines pay off better to encourage you to go for the larger money ones.

[Hulka]

Where did he get all his money?

Seriously.

[PGR88]

I know People who have attempted to earn a living gambling and especially playing poker. The best among them has basically broke even after 3 years

I’m not saying it can’t happen, it it is EXTREMELY difficult. The idea that Paddock supported himself this way for years, and indeed, the casinos let him do this, simply beggars belief. It’s a stupid media narrative that is going unchallenged

[squarebarb]

How do you launder money by gambling in a casino?
Granted I am no financial whiz, to say the least.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

When they brought out the info about him making his green by being a "gambler", I envisioned him sitting in on high stakes card games with sunglasses and a carefully managed expressionless face. But game machines???? Are they kidding me - NO. Who the heck are they trying to fool with that story. That's entry-level amateur, little old lady stuff. This dude has the smell of a mob operator or friend of the mob about him.

 

 

[bgill]

Ms. McKay recalled something peculiar: “He always walked across the street and would never pass in front of our house.”

So, what, can't he walk where he wants? Between her and the Mrs. Kravitz lady, he had some weird neighbors.

If the paint easel was Marilou's then she didn't pack all her stuff and leave like the neighbor's say.

Ok, we can see where the feds are leading us. He had a medical problem. That brain tumor the brother said off the cuff or mental problems passed on from his dad's DNA.

[vooch]

yup

either a deep state operator or involved with the mob

[Fantasywriter]

Three posts on 4chan predicted the massacre. Motive as stated was so that metal detectors and backscatter machines would become mandatory first in casinos and then in many other venues. Ground level investors in the two companies involved [Chertoff was one, as I recall] would walk away with billions.

http://truthfeednews.com/wow-ominous-message-predicting-vegas-massacre-posted-days-before-event/

[Vic S]

He also had a “13” tattooed on his neck, but it’s photoshopped out of most pictures. Why bother removing it from pictures?

[dragnet2]

He was also willing to fight to defend what was his. During the riots in Los Angeles in the 1990s, he went to the roof of an apartment complex he owned in a flak jacket and armed with a gun, waiting for the rioters, Mr. Franks said.

Interesting, Looks like Paddock favored the high ground going way back.

[IC Ken]

This guy has the background of an FBI agent or CIA.

FBI like and hire accountants. He also worked for the IRS.

[snarkytart]

did you see this article?

Explosive possessed by Stephen Paddock may have been used in NYC bombing

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/explosive-possessed-by-stephen-paddock-may-have-been-used-in-nyc-bombing/

[x]

Stephen Paddock began buying and refurbishing properties in economically depressed areas around Los Angeles, teaching himself how to put in plumbing and install air-conditioning. By the late 1980s, “we had cash flow,” said Eric Paddock, who added that he had given his life savings to his older brother to invest and eventually became a partner in his company, because “that’s the kind of guy he was. I knew he would succeed.” Source

In other words, before he flipped out, he flipped houses ...

[ChicagahAl]

...you can't win at video poker, you can only get a payback of about 70%.

You really ought to do some homework before you post false statements like that.

Even 8-5 Bonus Poker returns 99.17% when played optimally. Add in the points and comps, and your return is over 100%.

There are other video poker games that return over 100% when played optimally, but the casinos have removed most of them, ever since the economy tanked in '08.

Paddock was reportedly a "numbers guy" and he's been playing VP for years. I would guess he played at the professional level.

I know a lot of pro VP players. Even women in their 70's, who have been playing for years, and who almost never mis-play a hand.

Also, FYI, Nevada Gaming Commission Regulations state that even slot machines (not VP) have to return at least 75% when played optimally. Some return as much as 95% (adjustable by the casino).

Slot machines and Video Poker are two completely different things.

[ronnie raygun]

Once again we are being sold the Brooklyn bridge. The deep state knows on day one and if we knew we would have their heads. Better to build the narrative that we haven’t a clue so we will behave, my view

[editor-surveyor]

.
Stephen Paddock was a collateral asset of the Swamp; a true useful idiot.

Yes, he definitely was laundering money, from the swamp!

They were supporting him through the casinos, keeping him available for whatever operation they might conceive.

He paid them back with interest last Sunday; providing them with yet another gun confiscation ploy.
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[Tellurian]

They found him alone and shot. I wonder who claimed he turned a gun on himself, and with what evidence.