This gambling movie, which stars Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci, recounts the rise and fall of casino CEO Sam 'Ace' Rothstein as it examines themes of greed, loyalty, and treachery. It's a bitter irony that without breaking the law they never would have gotten control of Vegas, but their constant law-breaking is also what eventually gets them thrown out. The 1995 epic 'Casino' by Martin Scorsese explores the world of organized crime in Las Vegas in the 1970s and 1980s. Just as the mob was able to move into Vegas and quickly establish a residency through illegal means, they were also forced out just as quickly over the same illegalities. GoodFellas is told from the point of view of Hill, a local Brooklyn gangster and drug dealer who worked as an associate for the Lucchese crime. Green ends up turning state's witness and reveals everything about the mob's role in extortion and fraud. Hill became involved with the mob at a young age. The FBI finds out about the mob's scheme through an unrelated wiretap on Artie Piscano, which eventually reveals the faulty foundation of the entire Tangiers casino. ![]() However, the mob is never able to overcome the illegal foundation of the casino in their quest to keep control. However, Rothstein can't get a casino license due to his criminal history and associations, so he and Stone devise a scheme to stop his license application from ever being officially processed - allowing him to manage the casino as it is not rejected. ![]() The plan is predicated on another mob associate Sam "Ace" Rothstein managing the Tangiers operations.
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