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The-Black Book and the Mob CopyrightedMaterial CopyrightedMaterial The Black Book and the Mob The Untold Story of the Control of Nevada's Casinos Ronald A. Farrell and Carole Case The University ofWisconsin Press CopyrightedMaterial TheUniversityofWisconsinPress 1930MonroeStreet Madison, Wisconsin 53711 3HenriettaStreet LondonWC2E8LU,England Copyright©1995 TheBoardofRegentsoftheUniversityofWisconsinSystem Allrightsreserved 4 6 8 7 5 Printedin theUnitedStatesofAmerica LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Farrell,RonaldA. Theblackbookandthemob: theuntoldstoryofthecontrolof Nevada'scasinos / RonaldA.FarrellandCaroleCase. 300p. em. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-299-14750-9 ISBN0-299-14754-1(pbk.) 1.Casinos-Nevada. 2.Organizedcrime-Nevada. 3.Gambling- Nevada. 1.Case,Carole,1942- . II.Title. HV6711.F37 1995 364.1'06'09793-dc20 95-12293 CopyrightedMaterial Surely,gentlemen,thisisnotwhattheAmericanwayisallabout. -GaryLogan,attorneyforJamesTamer, beforetheNevadaGaming Commission,August16,1978 CopyrightedMaterial CopyrightedMaterial Contents Illustrations IX Preface Xl 1. Denunciationand theIllusionofSocialControl 3 Part1. THE EARLY PERIOD OF NEVADA GAMBLING 2. Babylonin the Desert 19 3. GenesisoftheBlackBook 39 4. ASaviorComesto Babylon 53 Part2. INTERNAL CRISES IN THE INDUSTRY 5. Enemies from Within 67 6. ControlComesto Babylon 99 7. Tamer "TheAtypical" 120 Part3. THE REVITALIZATION PERIOD 8. Renewed Zeal 141 9. Cusumano"TheTypical" 167 10. ContemporaryMoralCrises 180 11. Returnto Morality 194 vii CopyrightedMaterial Contents Part4. DENUNCIATION AND INEQUALITY 12. Righteous Indignationand theMarkofCain 217 Epilogue: Where AreThey Now? 230 Appendices 237 Notes 250 References 264 Index 276 viii CopyrightedMaterial Illustrations Morris "Moe" Dalitz 26 Thefirst NevadaGamingCommissioninsession 30 Ruby Kolod 48 AllenR. Glick 58 NevadaGamingCommissionChairman HarryReid,May1977 68 AnthonySpilotroincourt 72 AnthonySpilotrobeingdefended byhis attorney,OscarGoodman 73 FrankLarryRosenthalappearingbeforethe NevadaGamingControlBoard,January1976 79 JosephVincentAgosto 97 OscarGoodmanand AnthonySpilotro 100 AnthonySpilotroandMichaelSpilotro 102 NicholasCivella 107 CarlCivella 108 ChrisGeorge PettiandOscarGoodman 144 FrankMasteranaandattorneyStephenStein 148 GaspareSpeciale 153 MatisMarcus 183 Richard Perry 192 FrankCitro,Jr. 206 ix CopyrightedMaterial
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