What is the history of organized crime in Las Vegas?

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Organized crime, in the person of Bugsy Siegel, first saw the potential in Las Vegas. OC had experience with running gambling operations, and had capital left from Prohibition. For several decades, organized crime financed and ran the major casinos in Las Vegas, systematically skimming funds from the proceeds before the proceeds were counted for tax purposes. In recent decades, legal businesses now own the major casinos and organized crime no longer controls Las Vegas.

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a. both sets of parents were criminal b. their biological parents were not criminal while the adoptive parents were criminal c. their biological parents were criminal while the adoptive parents were not criminal d. neither set of parents were criminal

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a. True b. False

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