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November 25th, 2018 at 7:59:00 AM permalink
Many of you that remember Alan the high roller from the Louis Theroux BBB Las Vegas documentary. I have wondered what became of the multimillionaire "mattress king of Canada"
I don't have an answer, but he did make an appearance on the 2004 Fox Reality Show THE CASINO
Host Richard Will brings him to both casinos


BBC
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOXyshl5y8

Fox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niw9YuNM9Ec&t=2095s
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November 25th, 2018 at 8:37:34 AM permalink
If I recall correctly the entire industry collapsed and all those store cannibalized each other's sales.
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November 25th, 2018 at 8:40:03 AM permalink
I just recently watched that again!

I was also watching the documentary for what I thought might have been staged or elements that could have been edited out, and I don't recall anything major being unrealistic. It seems to have truthiness!
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November 25th, 2018 at 9:50:25 AM permalink
There was a rumor going around that Alan lost everything and became an Uber driver. I'm not sure if anyone ever substantiated that rumor.

But I love that documentary. I recently watched it again, too.
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November 25th, 2018 at 10:29:29 AM permalink
Quote: smoothgrh

. It seems to have truthiness!

Louis Theroux was a respected videographer
who sold much of his work to the BBC. He didn't cooperate in any shenanigans in Vegas or the
Scientology compound in the USA.
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November 26th, 2018 at 5:24:58 AM permalink
FROM A POST ON TRIP ADVISORY:

PnSfromLA · Mar 22, 2018, 2:51 PM
Los Angeles, California · 7,013 forum posts
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He sold his manufacturing plant in 2006 for over $14,000,000. I'm guessing that is where a good chunk of his liquid assets came from. A lot of times with these mergers they end up letting go the previous senior leadership after a year or so.

$70,000,000 is a lot, but let's be honest, how much is his salary as VP? Maybe half a million. That isn't enough to keep up his lifestyle. Plus now he has to report to a boss, who might not like his right hand guy spending his time in Vegas blowing large sums of money.


IT ALSO SAYS HE AND HIS WIFE RUN A CHILDRENS CHARITY IN MEMORY IF HIS SON THAT DIED
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November 26th, 2018 at 8:19:36 AM permalink
Maybe his uber driving is just a rich man's hobby?
Like golf or something.
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November 26th, 2018 at 8:46:29 AM permalink
I want to know what happened to that clown who blew all his money on blackjack.

And the guy at the end that Louis was playing Baccarat with.
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November 26th, 2018 at 9:15:21 AM permalink
What about the widow in Las Vegas who blew millions of her inheritance on slots?
"What, me worry?"
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November 26th, 2018 at 9:51:58 AM permalink
Inheritance??
My recollection is thatshe earned a lot of money on her own and even after husband died she
spent money on the slots as a hobby not a wasteful extravagancw.
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November 26th, 2018 at 10:13:01 AM permalink
Quote: FleaStiff

Inheritance??
My recollection is thatshe earned a lot of money on her own and even after husband died she
spent money on the slots as a hobby not a wasteful extravagancw.



Yeah, she was a retired doctor.

Her story was probably the "least" depressing, as she was old and retired and had nothing else to do and didn't really need the money to live on (at that time).

And her son was just like, "Whatever... it's her money."
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November 26th, 2018 at 10:23:40 AM permalink
Quote: TigerWu

Yeah, she was a retired doctor.
Her story was probably the "least" depressing, as she was old and retired and had nothing else to do and didn't really need the money to live on (at that time).
And her son was just like, "Whatever... it's her money."

Whales and high rollers may be interesting but as I recently p;osted elsewhere: Mickey Spillane said America has always sold more salted peanuts than caviar.

Casinos may love high rollers but they thrive on low rollers.
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