:08:02
Now that suitcase was goin'
straight to one place:
:08:05
Right to Kansas City,
which was as close...
:08:08
to Las Vegas as the Midwest
bosses could go...
:08:10
without gettin' themselves arrested.
:08:12
That suitcase was all...
:08:15
the bosses ever wanted.
:08:17
- And they wanted it every month.
- Hey, John, how was your ride?
:08:25
Now this old Mormon fuck here...
:08:27
he had to fly in with suitcases
once a month, nice and easy.
:08:31
- Somethin' smells good.
- Yeah, they made us somethin' to eat.
:08:33
The bosses would come
from all over the place:
:08:35
Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee...
:08:38
all over the Midwest.
:08:40
And they would meet in the back
of this produce market in Kansas City.
:08:43
I mean, nobody even knew it.
:08:45
One of the guys made
his mother do all the cookin'.
:08:47
- Do you ever see that guy
Jerry Steriano? - Jerry Steriano?
:08:50
Now, these old greaseballs
might not look it...
:08:52
but believe me...
:08:54
these are the guys
who secretly control Las Vegas.
:08:56
Mama, that man's here again.
:08:58
Because they control
the Teamsters Union.
:09:01
And that's where you had to go if you
wanted to borrow money to buy a casino.
:09:04
- Would you put in shrimp?
- I would.
:09:06
Here you are, gentlemen.
:09:07
Nobody got a Teamsters' loan
unless the guys in this room...
:09:10
knew they were gonna get
their little suitcases.
:09:14
Guys like this antique over here,
out of Detroit.
:09:19
Or especially guys like Remo Gaggi,
the outfit's top boss.
:09:22
You got a round figure on it?
:09:24
- Definitely the most
important guy in this room. - About 20 pounds.
:09:27
- That's around 700,000.
- Uh-huh, good.
:09:30
I know it's
a little early for Las Vegas...
:09:34
but I do want to welcome the ladies
and gentlemen of the gaming industry.
:09:38
As far as the world
was concerned...
:09:40
Andy Stone, the head of
the Teamsters' Pension Fund...
:09:42
- was a legitimate guy.
- This is a very auspicious occasion.
:09:45
- A powerful man.
- Philip, if you would rise.
:09:47
He even played golf
with the president.
:09:49
On behalf of the Teamsters'
Pension Fund...
:09:52
- it is my pleasure to present to you...
- But Andy also took orders.
:09:54
And when he was told to give
a pension fund loan to Philip Green...
:09:58
this check for $62,700,000...