Zusammenfassung
Sin City Gangsters: The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Las Vegas is a fast-paced account of how the mob created and controlled Las Vegas. It contains accounts of how the most powerful mobsters in the country built, bought, and controlled not only gambling casinos in Vegas, but also many important politicians, who did the mob’s bidding. Some of the more notorious mobsters were Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Moe Dalitz, Sam Giancana, Tony Accardo, and Nick Civella, as well as the men they chose to carry out their plans, such as Tony Spilotro, Lefty Rosenthal, and Donald Angelini. Sin City Gangsters devotes a chapter to Jimmy Hoffa, and how the Teamsters Pension Fund financed the mob’s casinos. The book also offers fascinating accounts of the roles of Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley in Vegas. Another chapter is devoted to Howard Hughes, who arrived in the dead of night in a sealed, germ-free railroad car and did not leave his suite at the Desert Inn for years. During that time he bought one casino after another as if playing Monopoly. Following his exit and that of the mob, Vegas became the domain of Jay Sarno, Kirk Kerkorian, Steve Wynn, and Sheldon Adelson. They were visionaries who transformed Vegas into the entertainment capital of the world by building billion-dollars-plus resorts and hiring the most popular contemporary entertainers. Sin City Gangsters is the only book that charts Vegas from the first modest mob-owned casinos to the present billion-dollar-resorts; its cast of characters is an assembly of exceedingly ambitious risk takers who let nothing stand in their way of turning their dreams into stunning realities.
Schlagworte
Casino The Sands Sin City Rat Pack Sands Casino Sands Hotel Vegas mob Las Vegas Jimmy Hoffa Frank Sinatra Bugsy SiegelKeywords
organized crime- 29–40 3: Meyer Lansky 29–40
- 41–60 4: Moe Dalitz 41–60
- 155–182 10: New Faces of Vegas 155–182
- 183–186 Bibliography 183–186
- 187–198 Index 187–198
- 199–200 About the Author 199–200
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- „... arrogance of a potentate. In addition to thriv-ing on his reputation, he—unlike mob bosses—was a publicity ...” „... publicity that could result in FBI scrutiny, the mob had Glick assert that Rosenthal had nothing to do with ...” „... publicity- prone Al Capone. He paid no attention. He believed that his power, his reputation, and his ...”
- „... , Governor Grant Sawyer, nervous about adverse publicity that could scare off tourists, attempted to persuade ...” „... $20 million per- year sports betting empire.Mr. Angelini and his attorney scoffed at the government’s ...” „... the brains behind the mob’s vast sports gambling operation. They said he set nearly unbeatable ...”
- „... cigarette in the other, dressed in a natty sport jacket and tailored slacks, smiling for a camera: the ...” „... Detroit?”Dalitz: “Well, Senator, I frankly was just alarmed at the whole thing and all the publicity. I have never ...” „... had any publicity in the past.”Dalitz left the hearing like a multiple home run hitter.7Dalitz’s new ...”