It seems like if Paddock was a big VP player some of the people on this list would have met him. Did anyone know him? Was he a $25 a hand VP player?
Somehow my guess is despite the appearance of money, he actually was losing a lot, had mortgaged his houses, and took out his last money to give the girlfriend some and gamble the other in the hope of winning. If not, then he would go out with a bang with the thought of becoming more famous than his Father. And he may have been on drugs or had mental problems, maybe a brain tumor...