In a statement, Rivers Casino told FOX 32 Chicago: 'We appreciate the rapid response of our first responders, and we immediately provided the property’s robust surveillance footage to law enforcement agencies to assist in their investigation. In the end he said he believes he was lucky after all, because he wasn’t hurt. On his Facebook page, he calls himself 'the Mentor Millionaire.' Many of his followers said they're glad he's okay. Supe, who says he is originally from Chicago, lives in Arizona now.
I had to run back inside' to tell them what happened, he said. I am a black card member who spends hundreds of thousands of dollars up here. 'I felt like Rivers would’ve protected me. Supe expressed frustration that Rivers security didn’t do more. But they may not have realized he had a second phone and was able to take a picture of the getaway car, which he passed along to police. Supe says the robbers also took his cousin’s car keys and a cellphone.