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NEVADA was the Mob's best venture and most stunning success, and through 40 years of frenzy, murder, deceit, scams, and skimming, the FBI listened on mobile phone taps and did virtually nothing to stop the fun. This is the truth about the Mob's control of the casinos in Vegas like you've never been told it before, from begin to finish. Two of the country's most powerful criminal offenses family bosses visited prison in the 1930s: Al Capone, and Lucky Luciano. Frank Nitti overran the Chicago Clothing, while Frank Costello ran things for the Luciano Family. Both men were influenced by their bosses from prison, and both directed enough gangsters into the streets to affect loan sharking, extortion, union control, and drug sales. Bugsy Siegel did the trick for both categories, controlling a string of murders and opening up video gaming on the west coast, and that included NEVADA, an oasis of sin in the middle of the desert - and it was legal. The majority of it. The FBI watched as the Mob needed control of modern casino after casino, wiped out off your competition, and stole enough money to bribe their way to respectability back. By 1950s, practically every major criminal offenses family possessed a stake in a NEVADA casino. Some did better than others. Casino owners watched-over their revenue while competing criminal offenses family members eyed each other's success like jealous enthusiasts. Murder often followed.
