davis jr had his head down he was so embarrassed by what happened to us i was just so proud walking behind frank sinatra and sitting down to his table the moulin rouge became a motel an apartment complex and eventually burned down completely some say integration would have killed it eventually anyway because as one filmmaker who documented the moulin rouge says who needed an interracial hotel on the wrong side of the tracks once the sands and the trop are integrated still the moulin rouge is a historic site to this day and a fascinating piece of vegas history i found worth mentioning so what about today does las vegas still have ties to the mob to the mormons well it's been quite a while since the last casino in the city stardust lost its license because of a skimming operation mobsters don't own the vegas casinos these days although it's not as if all crime ended in the NUMBER_TOKENs obviously now mafia involvement seems to be concentrated in construction food beverage the sex industry garbage collection and vending but not really in southern nevada the italian mafia was apparently linked to the taxi business in reno a few decades ago but no ties have been uncovered in vegas recently other sources say it depends on who you ask and there are those who say mobsters do still have a hand in casino-related activities but they've just taken a back seat to the action since corporations are allowed to own licenses and casinos they've essentially become businessmen and they work for said company instead of handling the casinos as individuals now they allegedly partake in loan sharking extortions and burglaries as opposed to more obvious mob activity back in the day on the other hand there's more evidence to point to the mafia no longer being in vegas according to this source most casinos are now managed by large corporations and some foreign investors and the intensive crackdown implemented by the gaming regulators las vegas casinos and other gambling establishments simply could not afford some tie up with the mob for fear of being intensely scrutinized and penalized with efforts to promote las vegas as more of a family-oriented vacation spot the days of vegas mobsters and mafia are gone even so the mob mafia and even mormon activities in vegas have all shaped how vegas functions today without hughes hiring perry and perry mentoring win and without mobsters creating some significant pieces of vegas history it could be a very very different city potentially unrecognizable from the vegas we know today but with all of that being said i do hope that you found this deep dive into las vegas history interesting and if you did make sure that you're liking following and subscribing so you can stay up to date on all the latest episodes thank you for spending some of your time here with me today to learn a little bit about las vegas and i'll see you in the next episode bye
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