Marcus Weir

Marcus "The Gambler" Weir is the tritagonist in the 2017 racing video game, Need for Speed Payback. He is a contact for jobs that Tyler Morgan, the protagonist, undertakes, and is the owner of the Elysium Casino.
He is known as "The Gambler" for one reason; he is a relentless risk-taker with a taste for impossible odds and long shot scenarios. His fortune has been built in the casinos of Silver Rock, having honed his craft through his wits and gut feelings alone.
He is played by Robert James.
==Personality==
Weir is obsessed with gambling, playing the odds, and weighing the probabilities; he knows only to look out for the next big gamble. 
Having an overbearing presence in Fortune Valley, he takes command of any room he walks in because below his slick exterior he's navigating every odd and every encounter to tilt it in his favor.
==History==
When Marcus Weir first appeared, he commented on Tyler Morgan's history of having a mother named Sylvia and being sent to juvenille detention for reckless driving. At that point, Tyler worked together with his crew and his friend Lina Navarro to steal a Koenigsegg Regera from Weir, with interest of wanting the car's advance technology. Weir becomes aware of this and demanded for his car to be returned to him, which Tyler refused. Even though him seemed successful, things went the opposite direction when Lina betrays Tyler, stealing the Regera for herself in the process, in favor of The House, a crime syndicate obsessed with fixing every street race in Fortune Valley and managing authority over the city's criminals, casinos (including Marcus'), and police department.
While conscious that Tyler's a marked man, Weir was willing to offer him a second chance, by taking employment under Weir. Initially, Tyler was unwilling to join before reluctantly agreeing for fear of being arrested by the police. In the six months that followed, Tyler worked for Weir as his valet driver. As he delivers Marcus' car to his casino, Tyler noticed Lina threatening Weir to surrender his casino over to The House. As Tyler was willing to help defend Weir, the latter suggested the former to bide instead of becoming involved. Later, after learning that Tyler survived a disaster from entering a race operated by The House, Weir provided Tyler another opportunity: to help him reassemble his crew to tear down The House through the Outlaw's Rush race, and take Fortune Valley for himself.
Before Tyler reunited with his crew, Weir advised him to take caution when confronting The House and its mysterious leader known only as The Collector, who is obsessed with collecting cars, using Lina to enforce and uphold The House's rules, and punishing anyone considered a threat to his organization. After the crew succeeded their initial missions, Weir asked Tyler, along with his friends, Mac and Jess, to help him conduct a heist to reclaim his Regera and from The House and deliver it to him.
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