Submitted 5 days ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Or a movie trope?
Organized crime was important to the development of Vegas as we know it today. So I think that is the origin of that trope. I think these days the association is not as strong as it once was, so likely this is no longer a thing, but having been to Vegas I would believe it of a few of the casinos I’ve seen
It’s a movie. Like… how old are you?
Mostly a movie trope now. Casinos are full of video cameras, and are owned by large corporations; they’re not going to want to pay a large legal settlement because you got beat up by a security guard. And, BTW, most large chain stores with security usually tell their loss prevention officers to not get physical with shoplifters for the same reason.
You’ll usually just get thrown out and banned for life from any of their properties.
When casinos were largely owned by organized crime? Probably pretty accurate, if you were lucky.
andrewta@lemmy.world 5 days ago
In the early days of Vegas yeah it was true or at least it’s said it was.
Today not that we know of.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I feel like it’s still common in Atlantic City. I have no evidence at all, it just seems like a shady place.