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61) Walking Tall
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
After completing his tour of duty, Chris Vaughn, a U.S. Army Special Forces operative, returns to his rural Northwest community, which is being ravaged by petty crime and widespread drug use. Upon learning that these depredations are byproducts of the outwardly glamorous casino run by his childhood buddy, Jay Hamilton, Chris ousts the corrupt sheriff and runs for office himself, declaring war on Hamilton and his minions after he wins the election....
62) Casino
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal ran Las Vegas with his partner for the Mob until a love triangle broke the Mafia's stranglehold on the casinos.
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
"Pete Earley takes a look at the checkered history of Las Vegas - when moguls, mobsters, and the world's top entertainers came together to create this ultimate monument to American excess. This book reveals the real stories of well-known power brokers like Steve Wynn, Vegas legends like Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, and the rise and fall and rise again of the entrepreneurs behind one of the largest gaming corporations in the nation, the colossus...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The winning hand: Darcy Wallace has less than ten dollars in her pocket when her car breaks down just outside Las Vegas. Dazzled by the lights and desperate to take a chance, she spends the last of her money at a hotel casino and wins the jackpot. When casino manager Robert MacGregor Blade sees how innocent and nervous Darcy is, all he wants to do is protect her. But there's something alluring about the young stranger, and it's messing with Mac's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Davis Way thinks she's hit the jackpot when she lands a job as the fifth wheel on an elite security team at the fabulous Bellissimo Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. But once there, she runs straight into her ex-ex husband, a rigged slot machine, her evil twin, and a trail of dead bodies. Davis learns the truth and it does not set her free- in fact, it lands her in the pokey. Buried under a mistaken identity, unable to seek help from her family,...
Author
Series
Stumptown volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Dex is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, she's less adept at throwing dice than solving cases. Her recent streak has left her beyond broke - she's into the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast for 18 large. But maybe Dex's luck is about to change. Sue-Lynne, head of the Wind Coast's casino operation, will clear Dex's debt if she can locate Sue-Lynne's missing granddaughter. But is this job Dex's...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Some people join chess club, some people play football. Jack Shannon runs a secret blackjack ring in his private school's basement. What else is the son of a Las Vegas casino mogul supposed to do?
Everything starts falling apart when Jack's mom is arrested for their family's ties to organized crime. His sister Beth thinks this is the Shannon family's chance to finally go straight, but Jack knows that something's not right. His mom was sold out, and...
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Ocean's 11 (127 min): New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin and the champaign fizzes. It's the perfect time to steal a kiss or a $25 chip. But for Danny Ocean and his 10 partners in crime, it's the perfect moment to steal millions. Danny devises a scheme to knock out power to the Vegas strip, electronically rig five big casinos vaults and raid them all at the same time.
Ocean's eleven (117 min.): Hollywood's A list stars come together...
74) Casino
Pub. Date
2006
Description
The rise and fall of a crooked casino owner, his family and hoodlums due to drugs, sex, and betrayal.
75) Ocean's 11
Pub. Date
[1960]
Description
The place is Las Vegas. The time: Midnight, New Year's Eve. Danny Ocean (Sinatra) and 10 of his ex-commando buddies get ready to rob the vaults of 5 casinos simultaneously!
76) Owning Mahowny
Pub. Date
c2014
Description
Dan Mahowny is a quiet, unassuming assistant manager at a bank in Toronto. He is a compulsive gambler and runs up a massive debt with his bookie. Dan's bank responsibilities include approving loans. Needing to cover his debts, Dan starts approving loans to non-existent clients and adding hundreds of thousands of dollars to other accounts. As Dan's debts begin to grow into the seven figure range, his dealings become harder to hide, both from the authorities...
77) Bugsy
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
During the 1940's, mobster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel is inspired by his mistress Virginia Hill to follow his dream and build the now-famous Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
78) Money Plane
Pub. Date
2020
Description
A professional thief in debt for $40 million and with his family's life on the line must commit one final heist: steal from a futuristic flying casino filled with the world's most dangerous criminals.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Ocean's eleven (1960): New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin and the champaign fizzes. It's the perfect time to steal a kiss or a $25 chip. But for Danny Ocean and his 10 partners in crime, it's the perfect moment to steal millions. Danny devises a scheme to knock out power to the Vegas strip, electronically rig five big casinos vaults and raid them all at the same time.
Ocean's eleven(2001): Hollywood's A list stars come together to...
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