Dominick and Frankie have gathered their own experienced mob crew, and often engage in non-sanctioned shakedowns and elaborate burglaries instead.
Nicky’s volatile temper and Chicago criminal background eventually gets him placed into the Nevada Black Book, and then Nicky is banned from every casino in Nevada. Mafia boss Remo Gaggi sends Sam’s childhood friend and mob enforcer Nicky Santoro, Nicky’s younger brother Dominick, and associate Frankie Marino to protect Sam and the skimming operation. Sam doubles the casino’s profits, which are skimmed by the mafia before taxes are paid.
Casino (Movie) ….In 1973, sports handicapper and Mafia associate Sam “Ace” Rothstein is sent by the Chicago Outfit to Las Vegas, Nevada to run the Teamsters-funded Tangiers Casino, while Philip Green serves as the mob’s hotel CEO front man.
