As well as splitting the $150 million between the gang, Danny also plans to steal back his ex-wife Tess who is currently dating Benedict. In her bedroom closet, court papers said, they found 16 researcher Scott Wilson in Los Angeles contributed to this report.Freshly released from jail Danny Ocean begins to recruit key players to put together a job as daring as it is dangerous - the safe that holds the money for 3 casinos belonging to Terry Benedict. Soon after, police started the undercover operation.Īfter arresting Carleo, authorities searched his girlfriend’s apartment. The gambler was also trying to sell them on an online poker forum, under the handles “Oceanspray25” and “cranberrykid25.” He told a potential buyer by phone that his money was dwindling and he was “sitting there looking at all these $25k chips that (he) can’t cash,” a court record said. By late last month, a poker player told the Bellagio about a fellow gambler trying to peddle the cranberries. In late December, Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International announced it was discontinuing the casino’s $25,000 chips and that gamblers had until April to redeem them. It’s unclear whether Carleo used any stolen chips or exchanged them for cash, but court papers said he had no apparent source of income. 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.

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