FBI documents made public this week reveal the gambler who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history lost tens of thousands of dollars while gambling weeks before the massacre
, was apparently angry over how the casinos were treating him despite his high-roller status, according to a fellow gambler whose interview with the FBI is detailed in hundreds of pages of documents made public this week.
The fellow gambler, whose name is redacted in the new documents, told the FBI that casinos had previously treated high rollers like Paddock to free cruises, flights, penthouse suites, rides in “nice cars” and wine country tours., the red carpet treatment had faded, the gambler said, and casinos even began banning some high rollers"for playing well and winning large quantities of money." Paddock himself had been banned from three Reno casinos, according to the gambler.
Authorities have said Paddock, 64, unleashed a barrage of bullets into the crowd of 22,000 people from his corner suite on the 32nd floor of the hotel.
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