Organized crime in Las Vegas
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Organized crime in Las Vegas has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Stuff You Should Know. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chuck BryantCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Bryant said the mob skimmed about $50 million from Hughes's casinos in under four years.
“in less than four years, the mob skimmed about 50 million bucks off of Howard Hughes”
Stuff You Should Know: Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 46:57
Bryant said Hughes envisioned Las Vegas becoming as respectable as the New York Stock Exchange rather than a mob town.
“he had a vision of Las Vegas to be, I think he said, as respectable as the New York Stock Exchange”
Stuff You Should Know: Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 31:18
Josh ClarkCo-host of Stuff You Should Know
Clark argued that the Justice Department, not Hughes, drove the mob from Vegas, though Hughes's name and corporate ownership legitimized the city.
“The mob getting out of Vegas was mostly the Justice Department. But his, again, his name attached to Vegas made it okay for Americans”
Stuff You Should Know: Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 50:30
Podcasts
- Stuff You Should Know · 1 episode
Episodes
Howard Hughes in Las VegasStuff You Should Know · May 28, 2026 · 49 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount Howard Hughes's reclusive, drug-addled years at the Desert Inn and his buying spree that reshaped Las Vegas.