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The time period when the mafia were in control of the casinos in Las Vegas
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Bugsy is first to open the Flamingo casino, which turns out to be a disaster
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Siegel was found murdered in his Virginia Hill home, with two bullets to the head.
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The Desert Inn, a mafia owned casino, opens in Las Vegas
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Sahara, a mafia owned casino, opens in 1952.
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The Sands, another mafia owned casino, is built by the mafia.
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There is a rooftop fire at the Sahara casino, causing $1,000,000 in damage to property.
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The Dune Casino, yet another mafia owned casino opens, and is managed by Morris Shenker and other associates.
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The Tropicana, a mafia owned casino opens, managed by Frank Costello.
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The new Stardust Casino Opens, managed by Tony "The Hat" Cornero, who was a mafia affiliate and owner of the Stardust Casino.
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there was no specific date but the famous las vegas sign was made in 1959 by Betty Willis
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The rat pack has their first performance in 1960, marking sucess in Mafia casinos. however there was no date that was set in stone.
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Howard buys many casinos, including some of the Mafia owned ones as well.
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Howard Hughes buys the Desert Inn from the mafia,to avoid eviction from the staff.
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Elvis and Priscilla marry at the Aladdin Casino, which was mafia owned.
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the circus circus opens the place where tourists and families now come to have fun
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Elvis Presley starts his shows at the International, signing up for four weeks, twice a year, for $125,000 per week.
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There was no specific date, but through out the 1970's, Frank ran "The Frank Rosenthal Show" in order to convince people that he wasn't such a bad guy.
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No date that was set in stone, but Rosenthal applied for a gaming commision due to suspicions by the authorities and was denied.
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The Hole in the wall gang, part of the Mafia, plan to make a big heist, however they are intercepted and arrested by police forces.
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Frank Rosenthal Survives a near fatal car bomb incident, an alleged assasination by his other mob members.
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Tony "The Ant" Spilotro was found dead in an Indiana cornfield before his trial, and it was deemed a murder.
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tony the ant spilotro is killed in an Indiana cornfield.
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Frank was kicked out of Las Vegas because he was placed in the "Black Book" by the Nevada Gaming Commision. He retired to Laguna Niguel, California.
