From approximately 1970 to the mid 1980's the Chicago Mob dominated organized crime on the :as Vegas strip. Tony Spilotro, while not the real head of the organization in Vegas, he acted like it and became known as the "King of the Strip." Federal & local law enforcement wanted to clean up the the city and remove the Mob from having anything to do with casinos and gambling. Eventually, while they could never put Spilotro away, his high profile and notoriety made the Chicago bosses nervous and they had him killed

The author tells the story from the viewpoint of the FBI agents and local detectives most of whom he interviewed. He also relied on Las Vegas newspaper files and the memories of TV and newspaper reporters who lived through the period. He even interviewed some of the mobsters plus the son of Tony Spilotro who gave a completely different picture of his father from the one everyone else felt to be true.

A very entertaining volume especially when one reads it while visiting Vegas as I did. ( )

Really enjoyed learning about the history of Las Vegas. The mob killings were kinda tough to stomach and got rather confusing, but overall the author did a good job sorting it out. I still don't understand all the mob relations but this book is worth reading for the early to mid history of Vegas. Excellent narrator ( )

A combination Goodfellas and Casino, this book also adds in the law enforcement part of the story. Interesting, but hard to believe it could be true. However, you need only know that that scumbag Oscar Goodman managed to be Las Vegas's "happiest mayor in the world" indefinitely, using family members a proxies, to realize the sleaze was real and continues. ( )