Casino Mafia
With the option available to include a delicious “Italian American themed” 3 Course Dinner – This professional show, unique in New Zealand, takes place at some of The Bay’s best venues. On arrival guests receive chips to spend in the Casino with prizes at the end of the evening for the biggest Casino winners.
Spilotro managed the Outfit's illegal casino profits (the ' skim ') when four of the casinos, The Stardust, The Fremont, The Hacienda, and The Marina, were managed by Frank Rosenthal. Aug 02, 2018 Over the first forty years of legalized gaming in Nevada, the Mob stole every profitable casino they wanted in Las Vegas, usually without even drawing a gun! The casinos, the city, even Nevada itself was made for the very things the Mob stood for: greed, gambling, and prostitution. A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive, compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast living and fast loving socialite. The Most Dangerous Casino Mafia In History February 23, 2018 by David Nugent Bugsy Siegel is one of America’s most notorious mobsters that was single handedly responsible for several murders, illegal gambling operations, bootlegging operations and even prostitution rings.
‘MAFIA CASINO’ is a popular spin-off prequel from ‘The Prime Suspects’ – hit ‘Mafia Murder Mystery’ and features a professional character M.C, uniformed croupiers and several memorable character actors. Our performers bring the Casino to life with interactive games, comedy, audience participation and theming.
Let our team do all the work arranging venue and optional pre-entertainment dinner with our preferred partners in Auckland and Tauranga OR we can bring the show to a venue of your choice that can even include your home or place of work! Our 1920’s themed professional Fun Casino can include Blackjack, Roulette, Poker, Money Wheel and Dice games.
With prizes for the biggest Casino winners, this fantastic themed 2 hour show is ideal after-dinner entertainment.
We’ll even provide props, special effects and our own high quality sound system compete with a full themed music playlist. PLUS a microphone for you to use for announcements and awards. The Mafia Casino runs for 2 hours, finishing with prizes and a DJ for music and dancing.
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with THE GODFATHER of Casinos!
Your fabulous evening includes
- Interactive Comedy Quiz Show and Movie trivia games
- Professional character M.C & Gangster squad of Interactive Comedians
- An (optional) Italian/American inspired 3 course dinner
- Fun Casino gaming with prizes for the biggest winners
- A DJ for after-show music and dancing until midnight
Now Showing all year round!
Fancy dress is optional, but we encourage you to dress in roaring 1920s, 1930s or ‘Gangster & Molls’ theme, it adds to the fun and there will be extra prizes for the best dressed ‘Guys and Dolls’. Feather boas for Ladies and Gangster hats for Gentlemen are available as an optional extra.
‘MAFIA CASINO’ features unpredictable improvisational comedy, every night brings new laughs and surprises and no two shows are ever the same. Note: Shows may contain adult themes and realistic gunfire and are restricted to guests aged 18 or over.
Groups and guests celebrating special occasions can be involved in the show. Be sure to mention when booking to nominate your brave (or unsuspecting) “volunteers”. (Note: Casino is fun only, additional chips are available for purchase. Chips are not redeemable for cash.)
‘MAFIA CASINO’ is the perfect night out for groups, social clubs, business events and private parties. Groups of all sizes are catered for.
Make your friends and associates “An offer they can’t refuse”. Book Now!
Gambling is a vital business for the Mafia. They’ve earned lots of money from playing card games and betting on virtually every sport. The Mafia ran numerous illicit and deluxe gambling joints all over the United States. The Mafia Bosses had police officers and other law enforcers on their payroll and thus their gambling maneuvers went down without interruption by state agencies. However, the 1931 legalization of gambling in the state of Nevada transformed the casino and gambling industry in the country. After the legalization of gambling in the state, there was little activity as only a few people cared, including military men from adjacent camps and some local cowboys.
The humble beginnings of a desert town
Positioned in the interior of the expansive Mojave Desert in Nevada, Las Vegas was a dusty town that seemed ages away from its now revered nightlife, casinos that operate round the clock as well as numerous other modern entertainment options. During the early 1940s, the town was essentially made up of a small number of filling stations, some slot machine shops and a few outlets dishing out junk food. Living or working in Las Vegas was not pleasant. The Mafia only caught onto the humongous money mining capability of the town after the end of World War II.
Mafiosi Bugsy Siegel
How the Fidel Castro Revolution impacted on Las Vegas
The famed American crime boss Alphonse Gabriel Al Capone, aka Scarface, aka Big Boy, aka Public Enemy No. 1, had a great interest in Las Vegas, although he wasn’t able to accomplish his agenda of transforming the town into a casino harbor for holidaymakers and gambling enthusiasts. As such, Las Vegas stayed without the Mafia until its potential was realized by
. The timing of the coming of these Mafiosi couldn’t be any better. Prior to the development of Las Vegas by these Mafiosi, American holidaymakers searching for a splendid gaming time had to travel to Cuba. The crooked Batista administration warmly received gangsters in Cuba; there were countless casinos and the earnings were great. About ten years passed after the first Las Vegas casino was opened and Cuba was swept with the Fidel Castro Revolution. Consequently, there was no choice for legitimate gambling other than heading to Las Vegas.
The Flamingo and other resorts
The moneyed Mafia launched The Flamingo, the first gaming resort in Las Vegas on Boxing Day of 1946, courtesy of Siegel’s superb organizational skills and creativity. The opening of several other resorts backed by Mafia followed suit. Gaming in Las Vegas became an exceedingly lucrative and lawful commercial activity for the Mafia. The previously dull dusty desert town was duly transformed into the ritzy Las Vegas Strip.
Before the mid-20th century, the New York City Mafia Families and Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit had launched businesses in Las Vegas. The Outfit operated three main casinos, specifically the Riviera, the Stardust and the Desert Inn. The Outfit opened other casinos in the 1960s including the Golden Nugget, the Fremont, and the Hacienda. Travelers from across the country and the rest of the world flocked Las Vegas to at least have a taste of the city’s unrivaled gaming, vibrant nightlife and world’s best entertainment.
Sharing the spoils
Stardust Casino Mafia
Many Mafia Families were coming up with gambling resorts as the existing businesses started being concerned about the shrinking of profits occasioned by increased competition. The different Mafia families from across the country struck a deal ensuring that each one would receive an intertwined profit share from the other’s resort. It was almost impossible to identify which resort was owned by who. Every Mafia Family received a share of the spoils; mind you it was a colossal share.
The fall of the Mafia
Casino Mamaia - Rooms & Studios
Enter the antisocial and self-centered magnate Howard Hughes in the 1960s, and businesses of Las Vegas Mafia started falling. Hughes rooted for and achieved the legislation of a Nevada law that banned conglomerates from having interests in casinos and resorts. Hughes went forth to purchase over fifteen gambling resorts, expelling Mafia from them. By the end of the 1970s, Hughes suffered huge losses instead of the huge profits he had craved for and thus left the casino business.
The Mafia made a comeback to the Las Vegas casinos, albeit for a short time. In the 1980s, the FBI instigated far-reaching assaults on the Las Vegas welfares owned by the Mafia. Casinos and resorts controlled by Mafia were taken by the FBI and vented to legitimate proprietors. The new landlords transformed the city’s appearance into a family-friendly vacation destination. The majority of the members of the Mafia were arrested and charged, mostly for tax evasion, and faced the prospect of spending the rest of their lives in jail.
Online casino gaming
Las Vegas still carries on with its gambling legacy as it’s the hub of some of the world’s best online casinos that can be played from any corner of the world. Gaming enthusiasts do not need to travel all the way to Las Vegas for gambling; rather, one can gamble and play slot games online and enjoy free spins and other casino bonuses upon registering. It’s only a matter of time before online casino becomes fully legal in all states in the US.