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ozzynog
10-05-2017, 08:21 PM
ok y'all..this is the only place the looked right to post this. I've seen this article today on several media outlets and I can't find any real purpose. Or why it is even relevant. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/05/vegas-shooters-gambling-brings-new-attention-to-video-poker.html

I used this link bc it actually allowed comments and some are like me while others just offer nonsense. I am asking here bc I know we have avid vp players here and I think most of us actually have a brain/clue about gambling. What I don't get is that there are a lot of people that play high limit slots and tables. They get the same treatment by casinos depending on the amount they wager. But why microscope vp just bc thats what the shooter preferred? I don't see any connection on how vp would make a person more agitated or insane vs playing other games. Sure there have been many people off themselves after bad sessions and losing big time, but I don't think this is the case for this guy. From new information, he had more ammo and explosives in his car and that he planned to get away. So if thats the case, then again, wth is the reason for this article?? Also, its an AP article so thats why its on a lot of outlets.

I hate to conspiracy theory this. Since this isn't a very informative article I can speculate that it will allow big brother access to all player cards so they may put together a pattern and profile of a gamer to monitor their points (like NSA on phone data) and come up with a type of no gamble list..nah thats absurd!!

Or how about that if you play vp you will turn out be a mental nut job that takes out a crowd of people on a whim bc the machines made you do it?

I can't say for sure and I doubt anybody will ever be able to, but I really don't think that this guy's vp gambling habit is what caused him to do this. He knew well beforehand of what when and how he was going to do this. He had a target, he had a reason.

Am I missing something here?

treyster
10-05-2017, 09:13 PM
That's why we use my wife's CET card, she doesn't have to maintain security clearance.

The media has nothing better to do than make stuff up. Everyone's a journalist now.

dsmack
10-05-2017, 09:13 PM
I believe there was (2) shooters. Lots of video evidence to prove it online. Anyways, I believe this was suppose to be a sequence of attacks. The media & authorities are covering it all up. Hell they don't even bring it up on TV anymore. I guess what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. They don't want us to know the truth.


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kdk
10-05-2017, 09:13 PM
I think the media is so desperate for a motive story that they are trying to just come up with “something” to write about. There have been a lot of articles like this.
I read this one today too. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/us/stephen-paddock-gambling.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

This one even interviewed a Casino host who said other players called him creepy at times while playing near him.


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dsmack
10-05-2017, 10:38 PM
I think the media is so desperate for a motive story that they are trying to just come up with “something” to write about. There have been a lot of articles like this.
I read this one today too. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/us/stephen-paddock-gambling.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

This one even interviewed a Casino host who said other players called him creepy at times while playing near him.


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Yea I read that one also. Someone posted a new video a while ago of many actual lifeless bodies and all it was horrific to watch. No way that video would make it on tv. May their souls rest in peace. This world is out of control. [emoji1374]


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Curlyd
10-06-2017, 01:34 AM
I found this article interesting

https://townhall.com/notebook/stevesheldon/2017/10/05/please-stop-with-the-conspiracy-theories-regarding-the-las-vegas-shooting-n2390700

kdk
10-06-2017, 02:57 AM
I found this article interesting

https://townhall.com/notebook/stevesheldon/2017/10/05/please-stop-with-the-conspiracy-theories-regarding-the-las-vegas-shooting-n2390700

I like that one. Thanks for posting.


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ozzynog
10-06-2017, 05:18 PM
I found this article interesting

https://townhall.com/notebook/stevesheldon/2017/10/05/please-stop-with-the-conspiracy-theories-regarding-the-las-vegas-shooting-n2390700

I like it too!! And not to make this political or gun control....can people pls stop saying we need to be like Australia?! News flash....they still have homicides there. The ones that don't use guns, they use scissors or knives or other things. Ive done the crime math and if they were the size of US in population, then their crime rates would be very close to ours. You just can't prevent crazy evil.

foamy
10-06-2017, 05:25 PM
I like it too!! And not to make this political or gun control....can people pls stop saying we need to be like Australia?! News flash....they still have homicides there. The ones that don't use guns, they use scissors or knives or other things. Ive done the crime math and if they were the size of US in population, then their crime rates would be very close to ours. You just can't prevent crazy evil.

Only the honest people turned in their guns crime is up in the first year armed robberies were up 44% I read.

charlie50
10-06-2017, 05:52 PM
I like it too!! And not to make this political or gun control....can people pls stop saying we need to be like Australia?! News flash....they still have homicides there. The ones that don't use guns, they use scissors or knives or other things. Ive done the crime math and if they were the size of US in population, then their crime rates would be very close to ours. You just can't prevent crazy evil.

Were going to have to be REAL careful when enacting laws pertaining to mental health issues and gun ownership . im not crazy (lol) about the government making decisions like that for our citizenry . all of a sudden we all could be nuts and there the only sane ones ...Hmmmmm