:59:02
SAM: They were very careful.
:59:04
They always bypassed the alarms,
or else, if not...
:59:07
they'd drill enough holes to knock through
the walls with a sledgehammer.
:59:12
Nicky was grabbing everything he could.
:59:15
Nobody out there was expecting
a guy like him.
:59:19
For Nicky,
Las Vegas was the fucking Wild West.
:59:22
I just got a shipment of diamonds
from lsrael.
:59:24
NlCKY: What the fuck did they
expect from me? I had to earn, didn't I?
:59:27
-This diamond has flaws in it.
-There's no flaws in it.
:59:31
Don't tell me. I'm doing this for 25 years.
:59:33
You better clean your loupe,
because there's no flaws in this diamond.
:59:37
NlCKY: When we got local merch...
:59:39
we'd usually send it to Palm Springs,
or Arizona, L.A.
:59:42
I had a couple of sand niggers out there.
You know, Arabs.
:59:45
Are you gonna have a meeting
or buy some diamonds?
:59:47
I know his language. I'm talking with him.
:59:49
$40,000, you buy the whole package.
:59:51
$20,000. That's my final offer.
:59:53
He suddenly talks English.
Let's talk turkey. $25,000.
:59:59
NlCKY: I actually turned my bedroom into
a bank vault where I kept the choice stuff.
1:00:05
I couldn't leave it at the Gold Rush
in case we got raided by the cops...
1:00:08
or if my crew got cute.
1:00:11
I had the only key.
Jennifer didn't give a fuck.
1:00:13
She fell asleep on the couch
watching TV every night.
1:00:16
This stuff was all mine.
I didn't send any of this back home.
1:00:20
Actually, I couldn't,
because I wasn't supposed to be doing it.
1:00:23
The bosses were making
so much money with the casinos...
1:00:26
that they didn't want anybody
making any waves.
1:00:29
You've all given your crew a piece of that?
1:00:32
I took care of everybody.
1:00:34
NlCKY: That's why there was no real
organised street stuff in Vegas before I came.
1:00:38
But how much cash could I bury
in my closet, right?
1:00:41
You have to understand,
and I'm sure you do...
1:00:43
that in a venture of this kind...
1:00:45
you must be prepared
to take some kind of loss.
1:00:48
NlCKY: I put some money in legitimate
deals with Charlie Clark, Ace's banker.
1:00:52
-You will try to push it through, won't you?
-Yes.
1:00:55
You got to understand,
I'm giving you $50,000 cash.
1:00:57
NlCKY: Then I put more money
in some legitimate places, like my restaurant.