Love And Death In The Desert

April, 2000

Ted Binion, who ran his daddy's casino, had a weakness for drugs and sexy women. Want to bet which killed him?It was a romance that began the way many romances begin in Las Vegas--in a strip club. This was not in the new Las Vegas, the one that's like a Disney theme park, the Las Vegas that has day-care centers and G-rated entertainment. It was in the other Vegas, the Vegas of martinis and fast talk and shady deals and lap dances. The Vegas where business partners are beaten over the head with t...

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