Las Vegas Gunman Chased Gambling’s Payouts and Perks “It was not a good thing because it would make other VIPs in the high-limit area uncomfortable.” “One of my guests once said to me, ‘He really gives me the creeps.’” At Mandalay Bay, Mr. Paddock played the video poker machines located in a relatively quiet room labeled “High Limit Slots,” set aside from the jangly machines on the vast casino floor. But placing bets of $100 or more in video poker, “this guy was gambling high,” said Anthony Curtis, a former professional gambler and currently the owner and publisher of Las Vegas Advisor, a website covering the casino business. “From all of my discussion with my colleagues it appears Paddock existed in our casino as he did in his neighborhood: as someone not well known by anyone.” He was better known around a few high-limit rooms of the Las Vegas Strip, including at Mandalay Bay and the Wynn Las Vegas. “Not a lot of smiles and friendliness,” said John Weinreich, who was an executive casino host at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nev., where Mr. Paddock was once a regular and where he met his girlfriend. “He acted like ‘these machines are for me.’” Mr. Paddock was also a “starer,” Mr. Weinreich said. “If you get close to 100 percent — that’s where he gambled,” Eric Paddock said.
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