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Remarks: Griffin, Dennis; The Battle For Las Vegas: The Law Vs. The Mob ( Signed By The Author); -2; Paperback, Like New, signed by the author. Clean, tight, unmarked, no spine or cover creases. There is a 2' stain on the bottom page edges that has seeped onto some of the pages as well. Nonfiction.; Huntington Press; 2006; In the 1970s and thru the mid-1980s, the Chicago Outfit wasthe dominant organized crime family in Las Vegas, with business interestsin several casinos. During those years the Outfit and its colleagues inKansas City, Milwaukee, and Cleveland were using Sin City as a cash cow.Commonly referred to as the 'skim,' unreported revenue fromOutfit-controlled casinos was making its way out of Vegas by the bag fulland ending up in the coffers of the crime bosses in those four locations. The skim involved large amounts of money. The operation had to be properlyset up and well managed to ensure a smooth cash flow. To accomplish thatgoal, the gangsters brought in a front man with no crimin
