Vegas and the Mob

ISBN-13: 9781483955551 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 188 str.

Al W Moe

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Las Vegas was the Mob's greatest venture and most spectacular success, and through 40 years of frenzy, murder, deceit, scams, and skimming, the FBI listened on phone taps and did virtually nothing to stop the fun. This is the truth about the Mob's control of the casinos in Vegas like you've never heard it before. This book takes you from the beginning of the NY Mob in the 1920's, to their inroads to Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and then on to the early days of 1930's Las Vegas with photos {BOOK OF THE YEAR Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collectors Club} Two of the nation's most powerful crime family bosses went to prison in the 1930's: Al Capone, and Lucky Luciano. Frank Nitti took over the Chicago Outfit, while Frank Costello ran things for the Luciano Family. Both men were influenced by their bosses from prison, and both sent enough gangsters into the streets to influence loan sharking, extortion, union control, and drug sales. Bugsy Siegel worked for both groups, handling a string of murders and opening up gaming on the west coast, and that included Las Vegas, an oasis of sin in the middle of the desert - and it was legal. Most of it. The FBI watched as the Mob took control of casino after casino, killed off the competition, and stole enough money to bribe their way to respectability back home. By the 1950's, nearly every major crime family had a stake in a Las Vegas casino. Some did better than others. Casino owners watched-over their profits while competing crime families eyed each other's success like jealous lovers. Murder often followed. The Mob held sway for years, as the Justice Department and the FBI watched, compiled notes, and finally took action in the late 1960's. By the mid-1980's, Vegas was fairly clean. Read about it all, right here