Hit Me!: Fighting the Las Vegas Mob by the Numbers

by Danielle Gomes and Jay Bonansinga

Book Overview

Las Vegas, 1970s--a golden age of Glitter Gulch corruption. Dennis Gomes--the youngest division chief in Gaming Control Board history--whipped a ragtag group of auditors into hardened, gun-slinging investigators, and shattered clich?s about milquetoast accountant cops. Coming within a hair's breadth of death more than once, Gomes capped off his tenure with the famous bust of the Stardust skim, portrayed in the book and movie Casino. In Hit Me!, there's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076278072X
• ISBN13: 9780762780723
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"