That $5 million figure shows up in a couple of articles about Paddock from a few days ago but always attributed to one source at NBC. I'm guessing that might have been his gross receipts as a professional gambler but not his net profit, which might be a loss even.
I'd call that story unreliable. We do know that Paddock was a mighty energetic gambler.
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