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McCarthy and Miraglia were part of Cullotta&#;s burglary crew. Cullotta, renamed Frank Marino in the film and played by Frank Vincent, was an enforcer for the Chicago Outfit. In Las Vegas, he led the &#;Hole in the Wall Gang,&#; a group of thieves, safecrackers, and killers, which included Wayne Matecki, &#;Crazy&#; Larry Neumann, Ernie Davino, Leo Guardino, and an ex-Las Vegas cop named Joe Blasko. Specializing in controlled demolition break-ins, The &#;Hole in the Wall Gang&#; committed high end burglaries. Most of the gang lost their independence when they were pinched on July 4, for robbing Bertha&#;s Gifts and Furnishings, a Sahara Blvd. jewelry store with A-list customers like Wayne Newton and Liberace. Cullotta and his gang were charged with burglary, attempted grand larceny, and possession of burglary tools. Cullotta, who later gave state’s evidence against Tony the Ant, was hired as a technical advisor and played a hitman in the film.
Rosenthal married Geraldine McGee in They had a son and a daughter. McGee was born in Los Angeles. She turned down an all-expenses paid offer to go to Woodbury Business School in order to chase modeling jobs. She met Lenny Marmor, played as Lester Diamond by James Woods, in high school. He entered her in swimsuit and dance contests. In , the couple had a daughter, Robin Marmor, after they graduated from high school. Marmor convinced McGee to move with her daughter to Las Vegas while he stayed in LA. She worked as a cocktail waitress and Tropicana chorus showgirl.
McGee encouraged Rosenthal to take a casino job after his betting parlor parlayed federal bookmaking charges. Rosenthal began working for the Stardust in , the same year Spilotro was indicted for stealing from the Teamsters Union’s Central States Pension Fund. He beat the charges after the principal witness died by shotgun blast. Chicago Outfit bosses Antonino “Joe Batters” Accardo and Joseph Aiuppa were in charge of the union funds and collecting the Las Vegas skim. Their capo Joseph “The Clown” Lombardo made sure everyone followed the game plan. Spilotro was sent to Vegas to take charge of the mob&#;s skim at the casino. And the eye in the sky oversaw everything.
Rosenthal had no official gaming license. The Nevada Gaming Commission barred him from having anything to do with gambling in Las Vegas in He revolutionized the casino’s gambling operation by adding sports betting and hiring female dealers, but no matter how many times he tried, he couldn’t get a gaming license. He was never legally allowed to work inside a casino.
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Each casino needed a clean frontman while Rosenthal was the boss behind the scenes. He had a public face. Rosenthal hosted a local television show featuring celebrity guests like Robert Conrad, Don Rickles and the Chairman of the Board himself, Frank Sinatra. He also had a unique private management style. When Rosenthal told a frontman he had no choice but to do something, he didn&#;t mean it as an administrative detail, but as a tip for his continued good health. As the film depicted, casino security caught a man cheating and Rosenthal ordered them to break his hand with a rubber mallet, making the guy a lefty. He really did count the blueberries in the kitchen’s muffins to make sure they were equally distributed with 10 in each.