‘Close the Place Down‘ S2E3

The Nevada Gaming Commission voted unanimously to close the Aladdin’s mob-controlled gaming floor in August 1979, but colorful federal judge Harry Claiborne ordered it reopened. It was a big blow to both state regulators and federal mob-fighting prosecutors. Everyone was mad. The state had taken away the gaming licenses of the Aladdin’s top executives following their federal convictions in Detroit and fought Claiborne to regain control over the casino. Eventually, an unprecedented feud erupted between federal organized crime prosecutors and Nevada’s two federal judges.

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‘Close the Place Down‘ S2E3 is an episode from Mobbed Up: The Fight for Las Vegas by Las Vegas Review-Journal | The Mob Museum.

This episode is 32:32 long.

This episode was published on Jun 28, 2021.

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