The nation . f such calcula-tion is literally staggering. It meansthat the gross take from Nevadascasinos would be closer to $600 mil-lion than to the $200 million that isreported. This is certainly not aninconsequential item to be slippinguntaxed through the fingers of UncleSam each year, nor an inconsequen-tial sum to he devoted to the bank-rolling of other and more nefariousactivities of the American under-world. The picture that emerges, then,is a decidedly unlovely one. Nevadaby legalizing gambling has given thepowers of the American underworlda haven. The tremendous invest- October 22, 1
The nation . f such calcula-tion is literally staggering. It meansthat the gross take from Nevadascasinos would be closer to $600 mil-lion than to the $200 million that isreported. This is certainly not aninconsequential item to be slippinguntaxed through the fingers of UncleSam each year, nor an inconsequen-tial sum to he devoted to the bank-rolling of other and more nefariousactivities of the American under-world. The picture that emerges, then,is a decidedly unlovely one. Nevadaby legalizing gambling has given thepowers of the American underworlda haven. The tremendous invest- October 22, 1960 ment of the underworld in the legalgambling casinos of Nevada is de-tailed on too many records to bedisputed. This investment, this in-terest, means simply that legal gam-bling in Nevada is bankrolling theunderworld with millions of dollarsannually — perhaps with more mil-lions than the average person canreadily conceive as a result of theoff-the-top racket. The net resulthas been to make fun-loving Las. s virtually the capital of Ameri-can crime. The control that is exercised fromLas Vegas, the ties that link Ne-vadas capital of legal gambling withillegal activities throughout the restof the United States, have been ex-posed in many ways, at many dif-ferent times and in many look at a few examples. Nation-wide Tentacles In the fall of 1957, federal agentsraided a huge syndicate layoffheadquarters that had set up shopin Terre Haute, Indiana. A federalgrand jury sitting in Indianapolissubsequently heard testimony from170 persons coming from fortystates — a graphic indication of thetentacles that stretched out fromTerre Haute and covered most ofthe nation. Federal accountants de-termined that in three months ofoperations the layoff headquar-ters had accepted $3,363,152 in top operators were subse-quently indicted and convicted. Itwas hardly by chance, in an opera-tion so huge, that they dividedneatly into groupings that, by theirvery identity, demon
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