Casino History
Circus Circus (Las Vegas, NV)
Crimes / Violence / Punishments
Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Extortion
Gambling History
Gaming History
It Really Happened
Las Vegas--Nevada
Law Enforcement / Judicial System: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nevada
Thunderbird (Las Vegas, NV)
United States
Pay Up Or Blow Up — Las Vegas
1972 In the mail on Monday, April 24, each of 21 Las Vegas hotel-casinos received an identical, typewritten letter that demanded they pay a total of $2 million (about $12 million today) or get blown…