He is the new owner of the Montecito as of 2007. He is a former Marine and cattle farmer from Wyoming who stirs things up at the casino. It is said his net worth is about $2 billion. On his first day, he allowed a doctor to avoid jail for cheating by making him lose his winnings back and promising not to return to Las Vegas again. In "Run Cooper Run," we find out that Cooper was a Black Ops Marine sent to fight in Vietnam, involved in a battle in which 50-75 Marines fought off an attack of 350 Vietcongs, and awarded a Bronze Star for his work in Vietnam.(wikipedia.org)