Talk About Las Vegas With Ira

This week, Ira spoke with Wayne Clingman, author of “The Life and Times of Frank Balistrieri: The Last, Most Powerful Godfather of Milwaukee.” In this 30-minute episode of Talk About Las Vegas, Clingman talks about the power and control of Frank Balistrieri in Milwaukee; how he married into a crime family before taking the reins of leadership; the connection between the Milwaukee Mob and Las Vegas; the role of skimming from the casinos as a major source of revenue; how the feds got Balistrieri, initially through tax evasion; and the end of mob control of the Stardust and Fremont.