Especially since $250,000 in 1958 was worth around $2 million in 2014.

Comparing hotel revenues between 1958 casinos and today's mega-properties doesn't quite translate, but some digging shows Geary's proposed 5% skim on all the properties is equal to about $3.25 million today. If I were facing a shakedown like that, I'd dummy up a hooker murder too.

Side note - I always liked the casting choice of GD Spradlin in this role. From his early crook roles on Dragnet to his later roles, he had an affinity for playing some real shady characters.