After a man insults Ace, Nicky takes his pen and stabs him in the neck repeatedly. While Ace is kind-hearted, Nicky is a volatile and dangerous psychopath who will kill anyone he sees as a threat. The bosses send Nicky Santoro, Ace's childhood friend, and Nicky's right-hand man Frank Marino (Frank Vincent) over to watch over Ace and to make sure the skim goes alright. For help, Ace has his old casino friend Billy Sherbert (Don Rickles) hired as the casino manager. Reluctant at first, Ace eventually agrees.

The bosses want Ace to run the Tangiers casino due to his great reputation as a gambling handicapper. That's where the bosses collect their money since it would be illegal for them to be any closer to Las Vegas itself.

Nance then makes the trip to Kansas City once a month where he meets the Outfit bosses in a grocery store run by Artie Piscano (Vinny Vella), the KC underboss. Each month, the Outfit sends John Nance (Bill Allison) over to Las Vegas to the casino to 'skim' millions from the casino's winnings with the help of the men in the counting room. While in the public eye, Green is the president, he however, also takes orders from Stone. The Chicago Outfit and its boss, Remo Gaggi (Pasquale Cajano), order Andy Stone (Alan King), the head of the Teamsters' Pension Fund, to give real estate hustler Philip Green (Kevin Pollak) more than $60,000,000 to fund the Tangiers Casino.

The movie also deals with his relationship with his friend Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) and the love of his life Ginger (Sharon Stone). Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino follows the life of Sam 'Ace' Rothstein (Robert De Niro) as he runs the mob-owned Tangiers casino.

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