Sin City Gangsters by Jeffrey Sussman

Sin City Gangsters by Jeffrey Sussman

Sin City Gangsters is a whirlwind account of how the mob created Las Vegas, building and controlling gambling casinos and buying the favors of influential politicians. The book features such mobsters as Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky, Moe Dalitz, Sam Giancana, Tony Accardo, and Nick Civella, along with their agents and hired guns: Tony Spilotro, Lefty Rosenthal, and Donald Angelini. The casino owners transformed Vegas into an entertainment capital by building billion-dollar-plus resorts and hiring entertainers, such as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. Sin City Gangsters is the only book that charts Vegas from early mob-owned casinos to billion-dollar resorts; its cast of characters were exceedingly ambitious risk takers who created a glittering mecca of sin and pleasure.

Sin City Gangsters presents the most factual and penetrating exposure of the relationships, dealings, and assassinations amongst the highest ranking members of organized crimeIt is an exceptional book.

-- S. M. Chris Franzblau, former federal prosecutor and criminal defense attorney for alleged organized crime figures and professional boxers

Jeffrey Sussman’s research and attention to detail make this book the go-to source on the infamous relationship between the Mob and Las Vegas. The chapter on Sinatra alone makes it worth the cost of admission into the seamy yet enticing underbelly of Las Vegas.

-- Gary Jenkins, Producer of Gangland Wire Podcast and Documentary film Brothers against Brothers: The Civella Spero War, Author of Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How FBI Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos

Jeffrey Sussman is the author of 19 books, including Backbeat Gangsters (2025), Tinseltown Gangsters (2024), Big Apple Gangsters (2022), and Boxing and the Mob (2019). Jeffrey lives in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9781538161234
ISBN 10	1538161230
Title	Sin City Gangsters
Author	Jeffrey Sussman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield
Year published	2022-12-15
Number of pages	230
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