| Hit Me!: Fighting the Las Vegas Mob by the Numbers Contributor(s): Gomes, Danielle (Author), Bonansinga, Jay (Author) |
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ISBN: 076278072X ISBN-13: 9780762780723 Publisher: Lyons Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Organized Crime - Games & Activities | Gambling - General (see Also Self-help - Compulsive Behavior) - Biography & Autobiography | Law Enforcement |
| Dewey: 364.106 |
| LCCN: 2012051755 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Locality - Las Vegas, Nevada - Geographic Orientation - Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Las Vegas, 1970s--a golden age of Glitter Gulch corruption. Dennis Gomes--the youngest division chief in Gaming Control Board history--whipped a ragtag group of auditors into hardened, gun-slinging investigators, and shattered clich s about milquetoast accountant cops. Coming within a hair's breadth of death more than once, Gomes capped off his tenure with the famous bust of the Stardust skim, portrayed in the book and movie Casino. In Hit Me , there's action to fill a dozen Scorsese films--midnight raids, heart-rending showgirl romances, and deadly double-crosses. And the cast of characters reads like a roll call of gangster lore. But no matter how much evidence Gomes uncovered, or how many witnesses and informants were bloodied, Gomes was swept aside by a political system that was dirty to its core. It took nearly three decades, but in 2007, Gomes made a date with destiny at The Family Secrets Trial--the justice system finally taking out a "hit" on the mob. In a Chicago courtroom on July 30, 2007, Gomes--a key prosecutorial witness--finally settled all scores. Dennis Gomes, who passed away in February 2012, will be posthumously inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in Las Vegas in October 2012. |