![]() ![]() New York, New York is one of the new clean super-casinos Mr German said: "The Justice Department has made great inroads into organised crime and it has been made more difficult to infiltrate casinos." ![]() ![]() His position in the book, which meant he was unable to enter Nevada casinos, may have also persuaded his bosses he was no longer useful. He was entered in the Black Book in 1978.Ī former jewel thief, he was brought to Vegas as the Chicago mob's enforcer but was later murdered - beaten to death in a cornfield, along with his brother in 1986 - when his excessive violence began to embarrass his bosses. He told BBC News Online: "In the late 1970s and early 1980s the federal and state governments were coming down hard on organised crime in casinos."Ī good example was Anthony "Tony The Ant" Spilotro - the basis of the Joe Pesci character in the movie Casino. Jeff German, a reporter with the Las Vegas Sun who has covered organised crime in the city for the last 20 years, said Las Vegas had changed a great deal in that time, with big corporations gradually taking over. Illegal bookmaking, on events such as boxing, is also a trouble areaīut in the 1970s a system was introduced whereby those nominated could appear in person and challenge their nomination. ![]()
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