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Al W. Moe

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Al W Moe is an American author and Mob-Casino Historian born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California.

Moe was intrigued by gambling probability and statistics and attended the University of Nevada, Reno, before graduating from UOP.

His first articles appeared in Gambling Times - Poker Player and were followed by regular columns in "Casino and Gaming Chips" before the publication of "Nevada's Golden Age of Gambling."

He has worked for casino groups in Washington, Nevada, and Arizona and plays poker regularly when not constrained by writing deadlines.

Moe's latest work, "Vegas and the Chicago Outfit" was released in late 2022. ...more

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	Vegas and the Mob: The Real Story of Organized Crime in Las Vegas 3.67 avg rating — 1,092 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Roots of Reno 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Meyer Lansky — a focused biography on Las Vegas, operations, and money movement

Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky, July 4, 1902 — January 15, 1983) is remembered in twentieth-century American crime history less as a street-level gangster than as the architect of organized crime’s finances. Born in what is now Belarus and raised in New York’s Lower East Side, Lansky became the calculator and banker of the National Crime Syndicate, the quiet partner whose instincts for boo

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