:11:00
ANDY: They'll never find out. All you
gotta do is keep changing your job title.
:11:04
Like, from Casino Executive
to Food and Beverage Chairman.
:11:08
Then they put your application
at the bottom of the pile.
:11:11
I know guys who've worked there
for 30 years don't have a licence.
:11:16
It's a tough proposition, Andy.
:11:18
If I did it, I'd have to run it my way.
:11:20
ANDY: You got it.
:11:22
I'm serious. No interference.
:11:24
Nobody's gonna interfere
with your running the casino.
:11:27
I guarantee it.
:11:29
[Upbeat jazz music]
:11:31
NlCKY: And that's how they got Ace
to take over.
:11:34
They wanted him because Ace ate,
slept and breathed gambling.
:11:41
They worked out a real cute job title, too...
:11:43
Tangiers Public Relations Director.
:11:46
But the only thing he ever directed
was the casino.
:11:49
He made his first bet when he was 15,
and he always made money.
:11:54
He didn't bet like you or me.
:11:56
Having some fun with it, shit like that.
:11:58
Where did you learn how to deal?
:12:00
NlCKY: He bet like a fucking brain surgeon.
:12:03
SAM: Place the checks properly.
:12:04
-That's the way you do it.
-Yes, sir.
:12:06
NlCKY: He had to know everything.
:12:08
He'd find out the inside stuff
nobody else knew...
:12:10
and that's what he'd put his money on.
:12:15
BACK HOME YEARS AGO
Even back home, years ago...
:12:18
when we first hung out,
he'd know if the quarterback was on coke...
:12:20
I'll take Columbia for $20,000.
:12:22
...if his girlfriend was knocked up.
:12:24
He'd get the wind velocity
so he could judge the field goals.
:12:27
He even figured out the bounce
you got off different kinds of wood...
:12:31
on college basketball courts.
:12:33
He'd be working on this day and night.
:12:35
He knew everything about a game
he would bet on.
:12:37
Ace got down at $6,000.
Get me down at $6,000.
:12:41
NlCKY: Season after season...
:12:42
the prick was the only guaranteed winner
I ever knew.
:12:45
But he was so serious about it all...
:12:47
that I don't think he ever enjoyed himself.
:12:49
But that's just the way he was.
:12:52
Back then, the bosses didn't give a fuck
whether he enjoyed himself or not.
:12:56
To them, he was a cash register.
:12:59
All they had to do was ring the bell
and take money.