My take on this early on was that MDawg had regained the gambling bug with either a promotion or an inheritance or stepping up in marriage/family class, and he was looking for some credence to convince friends and family that his eons of time in Las Vegas were profitable. So he generated a kind of "I'm telling the truth" gambling log to verify that things were copacetic.
I told him privately and publicly that I thought that's what he was trying to do, and I was cool with it, but he was getting a little out there in his claims. Well, as the weeks and months passed, he went completely off the rails with the story-telling. Not sure why, but it may likely be the old problem that once some people get rolling with the high level gambling, they can't disengage. So the time involved gets worse, the losses get worse, and the stories need to amp up the winning to justify the increased casino time. The comps, however, would get better, of course.
I saw it as a kind of proof log he started online that family and friends could access if they doubted his stories.
Unfortunately, he went right from Walter Cronkite to Walter Mitty in the span of a couple months.
It went right over my head at first that MDawg and belly were suggesting that a notation on a check was somehow proof of winnings. That was so stupid, it didn't deserve a response, but being equally stupid, I responded. I'm always surprised at how people think "policies" are laws. They have no idea how fluid and flexible Las Vegas can be. Things are not ever set in stone, even if law. For something called "policies," pretty much anything goes depending on the situation.
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