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Gomes, Danielle.
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Organized crime -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
Mafia -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
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Gomes, Danielle.
Organized crime -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
Mafia -- Nevada -- Las Vegas.
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Hit me! : fighting the
Las
Vegas
mob by the numbers / Danielle Gomes and Jay Bonansinga.
by
Gomes, Danielle.
Lyons Press, c2013.
Call #:
364.106097 G633h
Subjects
Organized
crime
--
Nevada
--
Las
Vegas
.
Casinos
--
Nevada
--
Las
Vegas
.
Mafia
--
Nevada
--
Las
Vegas
.
ISBN:
9780762780723 (hc.)
076278072X (hc.)
Description:
xx, 267 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Double-down
--
Gunsmoke
--
Whispers
--
The cookie jar
--
Hard lessons
--
The girl with the legs
--
Rules of the game
--
Unholy pact
--
Sledgehammer
--
Crash course
--
In the red
--
The gamer's wife
--
A shot across the bow
--
Trust no one
--
Loophole
--
Cat and mouse
--
Into thin air.
Summary:
"In 1970s
Las
Vegas
, a golden age of Glitter Gulch corruption, Dennis Gomes—the youngest division chief in Gaming Control Board history—whipped a ragtag group of auditors into hardened investigators, shattering clichés about milquetoast accountant cops and battling the Mafia in garish pleasure pits, smoke-filled back rooms, and a high desert where snitches were bloodied and buried. Gomes capped off his tenure with the famous bust of the Stardust skim, portrayed in the book and movie Casino. Hit Me! chronicles midnight raids, heart-rending showgirl romances, deadly double-crosses, and a roll call of gangster lore that includes Anthony “The Ant” Spilotro, Allen Glick, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, George Jay Vandermark, and Joey “The Clown” Lombardo. But no matter how much evidence Gomes uncovered, or how many witnesses and informants suddenly vanished, he was swept aside by a crooked political system. It took nearly three decades, but in 2007 Gomes settled all scores as a key prosecutorial witness at the Family Secrets Trial—the justice system finally taking out a “hit” on the mob. Hit Me! is Gomes’s crime-fighting story, as prepared with his daughter, coauthor Danielle Gomes. Dennis Gomes, whose long gaming industry career—including operating Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City—made him a casino legend, passed away in February 2012. He was posthumously inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in October 2012."--Jacket.
Other authors:
Bonansinga, Jay R.
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