:02:02
when Mr. Green is away.
:02:07
You could say that.
:02:09
PAT: Have you read this?
:02:11
About Mr. Rothstein.
:02:13
It says, "The Midwest bookmaker
with mob ties...
:02:16
"says that he is the real boss
of the $100 million Tangiers casino empire."
:02:21
PAT: Do you believe that?
OFFlClAL: Did he really say that?
:02:24
Why, of course he really said that.
It's right here.
:02:27
Has that man even filed for his licence yet?
:02:30
I don't know. We have to check the files.
:02:33
Without getting your shorts in a knot,
would you do that?
:02:36
And check closely, 'cause we may
have to kick a kike's ass out of town.
:02:41
PAT: Thank you.
:02:44
A Gaming Control Board investigation
of Tangiers executive...
:02:47
Sam Rothstein's application
for a gaming licence is underway.
:02:50
Rothstein, who heads the Tangiers casino
operation and is a boyhood friend...
:02:54
of Las Vegas mob boss Nicky Santoro...
:02:57
could lose his ability
to work in the casino....
:03:00
[Phone rings]
:03:03
Hello?
:03:04
I gotta meet Charlie the Banker
right away at your house, okay?
I gotta meet Clean Face right away.
What about the Chez Paris?
:03:08
You gotta make a reservation.
It's all booked up.
:03:11
NlCKY: No, it's okay.
:03:12
I don't want a meeting at my house.
It's impossible. It's booked up,
and it's very difficult to get in.
:03:16
I'll come in from the golf course side.
See you at six.
It's okay, I'll use the service entrance.
I'll see you at nine.
:03:19
All right.
:03:22
The battle between state gaming
officials and Tangiers casino boss...
:03:26
Sam "Ace" Rothstein is heating up.
:03:28
Tonight, a look at Ace Rothstein's
attempt to get state licensing...
:03:32
despite law-enforcement allegations of
Rothstein's organised crime connections.
:03:36
Will Sam Rothstein's friendship
with organised crime figure, Nicky Santoro...
:03:41
keep Rothstein
from running the Tangiers casino?
:03:43
And can the integrity of state gaming laws
be jeopardised by a boyhood friendship?
:03:47
SAM: Why don't you take it easy
on that stuff?
:03:51
Come on. Let me help you down.
:03:53
We're talking about some stuff.
:03:55
NEWSCASTER: At 6:00,
will a boyhood friendship...
:03:57
unseat Rothstein
as the Tangiers casino boss?
:03:59
Exclusive on the KBBO special news report.