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81) Smokin' Aces
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An FBI agent hunts for Las Vegas stand up comedian and illusionist Buddy 'Aces' Israel. Aces has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins. Now Aces will have to pull his greatest disappearing act before the assassins can get to him.
84) The palace
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
A compelling tale of the high-rolling, fast-living connections between the casinos and the worlds of legitimate finance and organized crime.
Author
Publisher
Levellers Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"During the 1990s, two Connecticut Indian tribes built the world's two biggest gambling casinos in the southeastern corner of the state, resulting in what has been termed a "gambling Chernobyl". The novel is set against those events and begins in 1637 with the massacre of the Pequot Indians and a curse delivered by a Pequot sachem to the young English soldier who is about to kill him. The story then jumps 350 years as the soldier's thirteenth-generation...
Publisher
Kaboom! Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When a charming tycoon builds a gigantic monkey shaped casino on his beloved resort, dedicated beach officer marco uncovers a diabolical plan to take over the island and monkey nap its residents. Fearless and determined, our unlikely hero must join forces with a motley crew of monkey pirates and set out on an action packed rescue mission filled with cannonballs, ray guns, and a sea monster and giant robot clash of epic proportions. Get ready to go...
90) Revenge of the Pequots: how a small Native American Tribe created the world's most profitable casino
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ocean's eleven: Hollywood's A list stars come together to pull off the most daring heist Las Vegas has ever known. It will take brilliant planning, shrewd scheming, cunning disguises, truckloads of technology and just a little bit of luck. But how do you fleece one of the most ruthless casino operators in town? And how do you break into vaults that no-one has ever got near before? If it works, this will be the scam of their lives.
Ocean's twelve:...
94) High lie
Author
Series
Miami Jones case ; 3
Publisher
Jacaranda Drive Pub
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When a young boy is dumped off the coast into the water, Miami Jones is back on the case. He finds a world of crooked Las Vegas casino moguls and slick bookmakers. Miami will stop at nothing to prevent the crooks from taking over his home."--
95) Sleepless
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs thrives in the high-stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground of Las Vegas. But when a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs' teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice." --
99) Take down
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Whoever says crime doesn't pay isn't doing it right. There are hundreds of casinos in Las Vegas, and Billy Cunningham knows how to rip off every one. His scams are a things of beauty--so perfectly orchestrated that onlookers believe he and his crew are winning fair and square. In a town where bosses will kill to protect their profits, Billy can't afford to make mistakes, but even the best-laid plans can go wrong. Desperate to keep his team out of...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A group of college students used its math skills to win millions and life in the fast lane seemed like a sure bet. Slip back to the '80s and '90s, when a group of overachieving M.I.T. students morphed into high-rolling, big-stakes gamblers. Backed by anonymous investors, they checked into hotels under assumed names and, pretending not to know each other, communicated with secret gestures and code words inside the casinos. Betting $50,000 a hand, the...
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