Over two years, four thieves won big at Bellagio’s craps tables in one of the largest inside jobs in Nevada history. Now, all four are in Nevada’s “Black Book.”
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Many people barred from Nevada casinos were caught with cheating devices that helped them illegally swipe millions of dollars from slot machines.
Nevada lawmakers wanted to remove mobsters from the state’s casinos in the 1960s to begin an era of corporate ownership so organized crime populated the first ‘Black Book.’
Among the most notorious people on the List of Excluded Persons are a former Gaming Control Board computer expert, a game “fixer” and the wife of a mob associate.
Now with 37 inductees, the List of Excluded Persons includes mob associates, cheats, thieves and a human trafficker, all believed to be damaging to the casino industry.
The process of placing someone on Nevada’s List of Excluded Persons can take months. But once accomplished, it’s a designation that literally lasts a lifetime. Here’s how people land in the “Black Book.”