Kindle Fire at KND eBook of The Day: Casino Historian & Author Al Moe’s Entertaining True-Crime Bestseller Vegas And The Mob

The Mob didn’t take “no” for an answer, so when “Bugsy” Siegel and Moe Sedway grabbed a hold of a few casino bosses and told ‘em they were now partners in their Las Vegas casinos, the old bosses glumly agreed. Within five years Las Vegas was the Mob’s greatest venture and most spectacular success, and through 40 years of frenzy, murder, deceit, scams, and skimming, the FBI listened on phone taps and did virtually nothing to stop the fun. This book brings out the truth about the Mob’s control of the casinos in Vegas like you’ve never heard it before, from start to finish.

Early on, two of the nation’s most powerful, dirty, and murderous crime family bosses went to prison in the 1930′s: Al Capone, and Lucky Luciano. Frank Nitti took over the Chicago Outfit, while Frank Costello ran things for the Luciano Family. Both men were influenced by their bosses from prison, and both sent enough gangsters into the streets to influence loan sharking, extortion, union control, and drug sales.

Bugsy Siegel worked for both groups, handling a string of murders and opening up gaming on the west coast, and that included Las Vegas, an oasis of sin in the middle of the desert – and it was legal. Most of it. The FBI watched as the Mob took control of casino after casino, killed off the competition, and stole enough money to bribe their way to respectability back home.

By the 1950′s, nearly every major crime family had a stake in a Las Vegas casino. Some did better than others. Casino owners watched-over their profits while competing crime families eyed each other’s success like jealous lovers. Murder often followed.

“Everything you wanted to know about the corruption in Vegas and more. A fun book to read with lots of known facts about sin city.”

“Al Moe’s book have a way of giving you so much history, without making it seem as though you’re back in high school history class, and I highly recommend his books! They are always a safe bet!”

Al W Moe attended the University of Nevada at Reno before moving to Las Vegas. He is a casino historian and the author of two other books about Nevada casinos: “The Roots of Reno,” and “Nevada’s Golden Age of Gambling.”