Spilotro made an error of his own, falling for his partner’s wife, a troubled showgirl named Geri.
But the elaborate scheme began to crumble when Rosenthal’s disproportionate ambitions drove him to make mistakes. He unearths how Teamster pension funds were used to take control of the Stardust and Tropicana and how Spilotro simultaneously ran a crew of jewel thieves nicknamed the “Hole in the Wall Gang.”įor years, these gangsters kept a stranglehold on Sin City’s brightly lit nightspots, skimming millions in cash for their bosses. account of how organized crime looted the casinos they controlled” ( Kirkus Reviews).įocusing on Chicago bookie Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal and his partner, Anthony Spilotro, and drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Mafia classic Wiseguy-basis for the film Goodfellas-Nicholas Pileggi reveals how the pair worked together to oversee Las Vegas casino operations for the mob. The true story behind the Martin Scorsese film: A “riveting.
