There's no way they could get a foothold in the casinos. They were only able to do that in Vegas because they had front men who were able to buy the casinos with teamster loans. The gaming boards are all over that now. I think this guy just wanted his restaurant there to expand. These gaming boards can deny anyone for any reason, and since his place has a history, that's all they needed. They'd rather play it safe with a place like Pizza Hut than risk bad publicity.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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