Vegas and the Chicago Outfit: The Skimming of Las Vegas - Paperback

by Al W. Moe (Author)

The Chicago Outfit didn't just visit Las Vegas - they owned it. From the Stardust skim to hidden casino control, the Outfit's grip on Vegas was deeper and darker than anyone knew. This is the true story of the bosses, the murders, and $300 million that flowed from the Strip straight back to Chicago.

From the 1940s through the 1980s, the Outfit controlled many of Vegas's biggest casinos, including the Stardust, the Marina, the Fremont, and the Hacienda, through hidden ownership, silent partners, and a skimming operation so efficient it fed crime families from Illinois to Kansas City.

Inside this book, you'll step into the real story of how Chicago's most dangerous men carved out their piece of Las Vegas:

• Tony Accardo pulling strings from Chicago while keeping his hands clean

• Sam Giancana using Vegas as his personal playground - and pressure point

• Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal running the Stardust, Fremont, and Hacienda from the shadows

• Anthony Spilotro enforcing the Outfit's will with intimidation, beatings, and worse

• The Stardust skim, where millions vanished before they ever hit the counting room

• The FBI investigations and Nevada regulators who finally cracked the operation

Vegas and the Chicago Outfit exposes the real power struggle behind the casinos everyone thinks they know - the Stardust, the Fremont, the Hacienda, the Tropicana - and reveals how deeply the Outfit's influence shaped the city's early decades.

This isn't Hollywood fiction. This is the documented history of how the Chicago Mob built a pipeline of cash from the Strip to the Windy City - and how it all came crashing down.

If you want the true story of the Outfit's rise, rule, and bloody fall in Las Vegas, this book delivers the whole picture.