they say he was wealthy. he probably used to his wealth to build up that big gun collection, without the intention of mass murder.

maybe he slowly, or maybe not that slowly, lost his retirement money gambling in vegas. then he lost his mind and went ballistic.

Then just kill yourself. I don't see how an accountant could be that wealthy to play $100 hand VP.

Source for vid poker stuff? I don't care about blizerian trying to get IG views.

I will ban and exile all posters from thread when necessary. Please PM for faster service. Simple.

He probably couldnt afford it, thats the point. he played $100 a hand only because he was blasting away all his retirement money. you would be surprised what a frugal person could save over a lifetime.

then he wanted revenge for them taking his savings. i imagine when you have snapped like that he didnt care if he was killing civilians or casino executives he just wanted revenge on "vegas"

“He was a wealthy guy playing video poker … on cruises,” Eric Paddock told the news outlet, adding he once won $40,000 on a slot machine. “He played high-stakes video poker to be able to stay at home in the casino.”

According NBC News, a casino executive with access to Paddock’s Multiple Currency Transaction Reports said the shooting suspect gambled over $10,000 per day on “multiple occasions” at Las Vegas casinos. In some cases, those amounts rose to upwards of $20,000-$30,000.

I saw a CNN headline that this guy was a "pro" poker player so I assumed he could be a 2p2 poster and came here to check. "Video" poker though... This is awful. Agree with the comments above. This guy isn't likely that wealthy living in a retirement community in Mesquite and as a retired accountant that he could have afforded to play $100 a hand video poker without going busto. Whether that had any influence on his motivations though, who knows, tough to see the logical link between losing all your money and killing scores of innocent people who had nothing to do with it in revenge.

I believe there is a lot of disinformation (duh).

If he is a "professional" video poker player, he has to be going for the royal flush. That is the only way to get to the 99% pay-out. I think that costs 5x the unit bet.

Those machines are also in the high-limit areas of a casino. Anybody like that would be extremely well known to hundreds of casino people in every hotel. A $100+ slot player would get comped for everything. Room, food, show, etc. Anybody who wins $40k+ routinely (which the story claims) is losing thousands every other day.

I still hold to him being a total degenerate who came to the end of the road.

Perhaps we will never know though...

I feel like those two have been smoking that crack cocaine. WTF?

None of them have common sense. They're hiding behind a clear plastic barrier that bullets will zing through.

Speculating on these things before more info is available always makes me feel like an *******, but I'm struggling to find anything other than 'guy who went busto goes postal' as a plausible explanation.

I guess legitimate mental illness could also be responsible.

Historically speaking though, I feel like guys who go to this much effort to plan a major attack almost always leave some type of writing or manifesto behind. Surprised something like that hasn't already leaked out to the press tbh.

Perhaps he wanted to make sure people got their money’s worth for their tickets.

They say on tv he made millions in real estate and owned a plane in Texas.

There is such a thing as a professional video poker player, although I think the opportunities have been decreasing as casinos have gotten smarter about comps. Bob Dancer is one of the more well-known and Mason Malmuth has written a book about it. I don't think you can be a pro video poker player and spend the majority of your time in Nevada.

If you spend a lot of time in casinos, it's worth knowing what +EV video poker opportunities are out there, especially if you are reasonably close to moving up tiers at a player club.

We may never know but I don't think his motive was related to losing money to the casinos. IMO This seems to have been planned out far in advance and not just a spur of the moment revenge on the casino. (Why shoot up a concert and not the casino?)
He may have chosen this venue due to the ease with which he could be able to get a room facing the concert and the ease at which one can bring multiple bags/suitcases up to the room without raising suspicion and an advantageous isolated position to attack a large group of people from.

Sporting events/most other concert venues etc... one would never be able to get that amount of weapons in place and be able to attack for such a long period of time without interference.

It's always fascinating how many people are recording on their phones during incidents like this.

It was a concert. Probably lots of people recording, they just kept going.

Has anyone said when he made his room reservations at MB?

Pretty sure that was Dids

So many people walking/jogging/crouching with drinks, too.

They've found ingredients for a bomb in his vehicle, apparently.

Be sure to contact your nevada lawmakers to let them know:

http://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-15...-202-4415.html

Lol. Pros, going for royals!

+1

Never allow yourself to be constrained by an established body of knowledge. Or you might need an ESA--or a zoo full of them.

I know when I take professional shots at VP, I avoid royals like the plague.

My money is on him degen-ing away his $ and/or his gf left him