He blew so much cash that the Bellagio provided him with free meals and hotel rooms for a number of days, court papers said. 22, Carleo lost at least $107,000 at the casino he is suspected of robbing - $72,000 on New Year’s Eve alone.
Casinos track chips - in particular, high-dollar chips.īut court documents show that between the heist and Jan. In the days after the heist, casino security experts said the thief’s choice of bounty, chips ranging in denomination from $100 to $25,000, was foolish. 5 - shouting, “Get out!” to frightened gamblers - crammed chips into his fanny pack and dashed out of the casino and fled on a black motorcycle. 14, a man entered the Bellagio wearing a white helmet that obscured his face. All you need is a black mask and a motorcycle, and I have a motorcycle,” Carleo said, according to court documents. This is real life and that … doesn’t happen,” the dealer reportedly said. “Dude, you watch ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ too much.
“Man, how easy would it be to rob a casino?” Carleo said, according to court papers.