Brings together the best writing of Las Vegas' most popular columnist. This title includes subjects: Las Vegas mayor and Mob mouthpiece - Oscar Goodman, legendary slot cheat - Bill Land, and seldom-chronicled gambling icons such as Mel Exber (Las Vegas Club), Si Redd (IGT), and Big Julie Weintraub ('60s junket operator).
This book brings together the best writing of Las Vegas' most popular columnist, the Las Vegas Review Journal's John L Smith. Smith provides singular insights into the fast, fluid, and often funny town he's chronicled for nearly 20 years. Subjects include: Las Vegas mayor and Mob mouthpiece Oscar Goodman, legendary slot cheat Bill Land, and seldom-chronicled gambling icons such as Mel Exber (Las Vegas Club), Si Redd (IGT), and Big Julie Weintraub ('60s junket operator).