EPISODE · Sep 7, 2026 · 16 MIN

The Fall of Las Vegas Mob Power: From Skimming to Shutdown

from A History of the American Mafia Podcast: Organized Crime, Mob Families, Bosses, Gangsters, Prohibition, Criminal Trials, and the Rise of La Cosa Nostra · host Podily & Josh Linsk

This episode unpacks why the mob’s grip on Nevada’s casinos slipped in the 1970s–1990s, examining regulatory tightening after the 1957 Gaming Control Act, aging leadership resistant to change, RICO prosecutions that linked skimming and labor rackets into a single enterprise case, corporate investments that cut out informal money flows, and new surveillance technologies that exposed illicit operations. By tracing the legal and economic shifts that undermined the Outfit’s traditional control, we show how Las Vegas became a turning point in organized crime history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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