The Dirt and the Dazzle
Vintage Vegas Stories and Never-Before-Seen Photos
MORE WHEN THE MOB RAN VEGAS
Showgirl Stories, High-Stakes Poker, Sin City, Sinatra, and Suitcases Full of Money
Those were the days when you drove to Vegas from Iowa or Ohio or took a junket flight from New York. The Missus would wear her best dress and mink coat, find her lucky slot machine, and you the hot craps table.
Maybe you’d slip the maître d’ a couple bucks to sit at an A table in the showroom for the big production numbers with showgirls and plenty of feathers and not much else. Or you’d get to see Elvis at the International or Sinatra at the Sands.
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Those were the days when Mob guys with names like Icepick and Blade, Tony and Longie, carried suitcases of money out the back door of the casinos.
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When leggy showgirls paraded nearly nude and boobs were on display during flashy stage productions.
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When Binion’s Horseshoe boasted about their legendary high-stakes poker games (and the famous game that was never played with Nick the Greek)—and launched the World Series of Poker.
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When brothels flourished on ranches just miles from the Strip and sex was on the menu.
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When Teamsters’ money built Caesars Palace and Circus Circus, and the Imperial Palace had a lot more going on than a car collection.
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When Frank or Sammy or Zsa Zsa or Barbra or Elvis . . .
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Stories of Money, Mayhem and Murder
Vegas like you’ve never seen, tales you’ve never heard—until now. Sizzling, behind-the-headlines stories about the men, the Mob, movie stars, and missing money that made ’50s and ’60s Vegas such a hot spot in the Nevada desert. Those were the days . . .
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When Frank Sinatra threw a chair at the casino boss of the Sands and stormed out.
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When all the Mob bosses decided to kill Bugsy Siegel and take over the Flamingo. Did you see the front cover? Look again.
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When millions of dollars walked out of the Stardust count room—and into the Mob’s pockets.
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When playboy and now recluse Howard Hughes bought up Las Vegas.
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When the real Mobsters from the movies Casino and The Godfather were calling the hits.
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When the greatest showroom in Vegas suddenly closed down because of racial discrimination.
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And when that damn Kefauver committee investigated Mob corruption and Americans were glued to their TV sets in living rooms across the country.
“My Uncle Al would have loved this book.”
Deirdre Capone
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