:11:00
and he tries
to talk you out of it.
:11:02
I don't know if I could do this
even if I wanted to.
:11:04
The Gaming Commission
would never give me a license.
:11:06
I have at least two dozen
gambling and bookmaking pinches on me.
:11:09
You don't have to have a license
to work in a casino.
:11:13
All you gotta do
is apply for one.
:11:15
The state law says that
you can work in a casino...
:11:17
while they're processing
your application.
:11:19
They got a ten-year backlog.
:11:21
What happens when
they do find out?
:11:23
Why would they
want to find out?
:11:25
We're puttin' a hundred million
into this desert. Why would they want to lock us out?
:11:28
They'll never find out. All you gotta do
is keep changing your job title.
:11:32
Like, uh, from Casino Executive
to Food and Beverage Chairman.
:11:37
They take your application,
they put it at the bottom of the pile.
:11:40
I know guys been workin' there
for 30 years, don't have a license.
:11:45
It's a tough proposition, Andy.
:11:48
You know if I did it,
I'd have to run it my way.
:11:50
You got it.
:11:52
I'm serious, no interference.
:11:54
Nobody's gonna interfere
with your running the casino.
:11:57
I guarantee it.
:12:01
And that's how
they got Ace to take over.
:12:04
They wanted him because Ace ate,
slept and breathed gambling.
:12:11
They worked out
a real cute job title too...
:12:14
Tangiers Public Relations Director.
:12:17
But the only thing he ever
directed was the casino.
:12:20
He made his first bet when he was
15 years old, and he always made money.
:12:24
But he didn't bet
like you or me.
:12:26
You know, havin' some fun
with it, shit like that.
:12:29
Where the hell
did you learn how to deal?
:12:31
He bet like a fuckin'
brain surgeon.
:12:34
Place the checks properly.
:12:36
- That's the way you do it.
- Yes, sir.
:12:38
He had to know everything,
this guy.
:12:40
He'd find out the kind
of inside stuff nobody else knew...
:12:42
and that's what he'd put
his money on.
:12:45
Even back home, years ago...
:12:48
when we were first hangin' out...
:12:50
he'd know if the quarterback
was on coke...
:12:53
I'll take Columbia for 20.
:12:54
- if his girlfriend was knocked up.
- Twenty dimes on Columbia.
:12:57
He'd get the wind velocity
so he could judge the field goals.