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Originally Posted by Vegas Ken
I was talking with someone earlier today and we were chatting about all the different crazy stuff that goes down here in Sin City.
So what is your wildest, insane and over the top Las Vegas story?
There has to be some good ones out there!
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When I was released from prison in New Jersey, I had it all planned. My target was three Las Vegas casinos: The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. They all belonged to ruthless entrepreneur Terry Benedict, who, by the way, also showed a certain interest in my beautiful ex-wife Tess. During a much-anticipated boxing event (Lennox Lewis vs. Wladimir Klitschko), there was $150 million in the safe, 70 yards below the strip. So, I hired professionals from all over the country to give me a hand: There's the card magician Rusty Ryan, the perfect pickpocket Linus Caldwell and the ingenious pyrotechnician Basher Tarr. A buddy of mine, Reuben Tishkoff, who lost a casino to Benedict, provided funding. The brothers Virgil and Turk Malloy drove and helped in a few ways, and Frank Catton, a professional card dealer, got a job at the casino to watch the routines. Saul Bloom, already retired at the time, played the rich heavy weaponry dealer and lived in the hotel, and Livingston Dell bugged the place to have a look over the shoulders of the security personnel. Finally, the chinese acrobat artist Yen was the one who moved inside the safe before the motion detectors were turned off. There were three rules to be followed: First: no blood. Second: Rob only who deserves it. Third: Do it as if you have nothing to lose. When the day of the boxing event finally came, everything was set, and Benedict never had a clue
