Rosenthal’s first jobs at, 94-104
Rosenthal’s home electronic and telephone connections to, 228, 230
Rosenthal’s phony job titles at, 106, 146, 167, 210, 215, 223, 252, 265
skimming at, 196–200, 201, 208–9, 234–45, 250, 281, 301, 368, 388, 393
Spilotro at, 316–18
Spilotro’s hiring influence at, 167–68
Thomas in charge of skimming at, 235–38, 243–45, 247–49
Stardust Sports Book, 167, 214–15, 273
Stein, Danny, 90
Stella, Bobby, 95, 99, 100, 103, 107, 157, 160, 212, 228–29, 242, 246–47, 289, 290, 308
Stokich, Barbara McGee, 82, 85, 233, 320–21, 322–23
as author’s source, 85–88, 183–84, 192, 231–32, 233, 309–10, 314, 386–87
street tax:
paid to crime organizations, 111
Spilotro’s imposition of, 156,
stucco house construction, 160–61
subs, 98–99
Superbowl, 214
Supreme Court, U.S., 227, 253, 265
surveillance planes, 326
Teamsters Union, 65, 237, 294, 362, 401
collapse of empire of, 281
pension fund loans to Glick
from, 130–44, 145, 152–53, 154, 201, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 235, 280–81, 390
telephone scramblers, 164
Thomas Carl Wesley, 252, 292, 368
in charge of Stardust skim, 236–38, 243–45, 245–49, 250
in charge of Tropicana skim, 297, 301–3
prison sentence of, 303, 389–90
thousand-dollar bills, 159
Thunderbird Casino, 89
ticket skims, 197, 244
Toledo Blacky, 78
Toledo coin-weighing scales, 8
Tony Roma’s, 372–73
Torello, Jimmy “Turk,” 30, 65, 111, 283, 286
Torrance, Calif., 350–51
Torres, Eddy, 107
transactional immunity, 371–72
Transworld Van Lines, 117–18
Treasure Island casino, 400
Tropicana, 77, 78, 79, 82, 90, 92, 203, 254, 266, 285, 292, 295, 304, 392
skimming at, 292, 297–98, 301–3, 368, 388
Tuinal, 323
turns, 99
undercover operations, 169–70
Upper Crust Pizzeria, 160, 334, 354
Vandermark, George Jay 197–200, 208–9, 238–9, 241–42
Van Nuys High School, 85
Vargas, Ray, 83
Villa Capri Pizzeria, 290, 293
Villa d’Este, 234
walls, entry to houses through, 161
Wall Street Journal, 282
Wardle, Lori, 373–74
Webb, Dell, 299
Weiner, Irwin, 111, 389
Western Union wires, in bookmaking operations, 21, 71
whales, 102
Williams, Roy, 153, 368, 388
Wimpy’s Restaurant, 305
wires, wearing of, 170
wiretaps, 3, 158, 266–67, 305–6, 387–88
of Civella, 290–96, 301–3
of Spilotro, 274–79, 294, 366–67, 399–400
witness protection program, 372
Wittman, Denny, 131, 133, 135
women, as blackjack dealers, 195
Woodbury Business School, 86
work cards, 82, 104
Wynn, Steve, 392
Yablonsky, Joseph, 377
zappers, 101
Acknowledgments
I would like to acknowledge my appreciation and gratitude for the hundreds of people who helped me with this book, but I also wish to extend a special thanks to Gene Strohlein, Mert Wilbur, Dennis Arnoldy, Jack Tobin, Joseph Gersky, Murray Ehrenberg, Wally Gordon, Oscar Goodman, Emmett Michaels, Mike Simon, William Ouseley, Bud Hall, Bo Dietl, Beecher Avants, Jeffrey Silver, Marty Jacobs, Mike Reynolds, Jeff German, Ed Becker, A. D. Hopkins, Jim Neff, Phil Hannifin, Shannon Bybee, Lem Banker, Dick Odessky, Allen Glick, Matt Marcus, Richard Crane, Loren Steven, Russ Childers, Jack Roberts, Brian and Myra Greenspun, Angela Rich, Manny Cortez, Douglas Owens, Frank Cullotta, Ray LeNobel, Melissa Prophet, Lowell Bergman, Tommy Scalfaro, Tim Heider, Scott Malone, Ellen Lewis, Kristina Rebelo, Joey Boston, George Hartman, Bobby Kay, Bill Bastone, Kenny Brown, Bob Vanucci, Claudette Miller, Victor Gregor, Arlyne Brickman, John Manca, Buddy Clark, Joe Coffey, Don Furey, Joe Spinelli, Phil Taylor, Rosalie DiBlasio, Howard Schwartz, Bob Stoldal, Lee Rich, Shirley Strohlein, and, of course, Frank Rosenthal.
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