I did some quick math to see how much Rob really made from the DUB, assuming his story is true, and he didn't cheat on his taxes. It sounds like most people think he claimed the entire $2.8 million on his taxes otherwise he could go to jail for tax fraud.
Again, there is no statue of limitations for out and out tax fraud, which is what would have happened if Rob he didn't claim the whole $2.8 million on his taxes. I copied a link in case people question this.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alangas.../#574c3ee65842
So all of Rob's DUB earnings would be taxed at the highest tax bracket. As a rough estimate, this means about 40% of the $2.8 million would have been lost due to federal and state taxes. This means Rob would have been left with only about $1.7 million. Still a lot of money, but not that much when you consider it's over a 5 year time span.
And what does he do with it? He spends most of on a Newell, about $1.3 or $1.5 million depending on what story you believe. Does that make any sense?
People who buy a Newell are usually the super wealthy making like $10 million or more a year. They aren't people who scrape together a couple 100,000 a year playing some bug.
And during this time Rob was also buying houses for his kids. It sounds like he was spending more than he made, or he didn't claim all his winnings on his taxes.
I get this whole thing has been beaten to death, and is pretty much over, but even the math on what he did with his winnings doesn't add up.