:08:04
Now this old Mormon fuck here...
:08:06
he had to fly in with suitcases
once a month, nice and easy.
:08:09
-Something smells good.
-They made us something to eat.
:08:12
NlCKY: The bosses
would come from all over:
:08:14
Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee...
:08:16
all over the Midwest...
:08:18
and they would meet in this produce market
in Kansas City.
:08:21
Nobody even knew it.
:08:23
One of the guys made
his mother do the cooking.
:08:25
Do you ever see that guy Jerry Steriano?
:08:27
NlCKY: These old greaseballs
might not look it...
:08:30
but believe me...
:08:31
these are the guys
who secretly controlled Las Vegas.
:08:34
WOMAN: Mama, that man's here again.
:08:36
NlCKY: Because they controlled
the Teamsters Union.
:08:38
And that's where you had to go
to borrow money to buy a casino.
:08:41
WOMAN 2: Would you put in shrimp?
WOMAN: I would.
:08:44
NlCKY: Nobody got a Teamsters'
loan unless the guys in this room...
:08:47
knew they were gonna get
their little suitcases.
:08:51
Guys like this antique over here,
out of Detroit.
:08:55
Or especially guys like Remo Gaggi,
the outfit's top boss.
:08:59
You got a round figure on it?
:09:00
NlCKY: Definitely the most
important guy in this room.
:09:03
FRANK: About 20 pounds.
Around $700,000.
:09:04
REMO: Good.
:09:06
STONE: It's a little early for Las Vegas...
:09:10
but I want to welcome the ladies
and gentlemen of the gaming industry....
:09:13
SAM: As far as the world was concerned...
:09:15
Andy Stone,
head of the Teamsters' Pension Fund...
:09:18
was a legitimate guy.
:09:21
A powerful man.
:09:23
He played golf with the President.
:09:25
ANDY: On behalf
of the Teamsters' Pension Fund...
:09:27
I'm glad to present...
:09:28
SAM: But he also took orders.
:09:30
When he was told to give
a pension-fund loan to Philip Green...
:09:33
...this cheque for $62,700,000...
:09:36
for the new Tangiers.
:09:38
...he did what he was told.
:09:40
NlCKY: Here was the perfect front man.
:09:42
What the fuck else could he be?
He didn't know too much.
:09:44
He didn't want to know too much...
:09:46
especially that the bosses
made the Teamsters lend him money.
:09:49
He wanted to believe they gave him
the money because he was smart.
:09:52
I say that knowing just how much
competition we have in this city.
:09:55
[Upbeat jazz music]
:09:58
NlCKY: And where they got Green from?