Paul Bleakley

The Australian Gamble (eBook, PDF)

Organized Crime Down Under

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Australian Gamble explores Jack Rooklyn's role as a thread that connects some of the best-recognized characters, and most pivotal events, in Australian criminal history. It is a story that begins overseas, with the origins of the Bally poker machine company - a scandal-prone business with a name that was fated to be forever linked with Rooklyn's. From humble origins in Al Capone's Chicago, Bally rode the amusement game wave to become one of the biggest players in the gaming industry worldwide ... a status that made it an attractive target for takeover by America's Italian Mafia. Run out of Cuba on the heels of Castro's communist revolution, 'The Families' were looking for new opportunities to expand their gaming ambitions, both in the desert mecca Las Vegas and (more quietly) through clandestinely sinking their hooks into a financially struggling Bally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216214823
• Artikelnr.: 74830958

Autorenporträt

Paul Bleakley is an assistant professor of criminal justice and university research scholar at the University of New Haven. He is vice chair of the American Society of Criminology's Division of Historical Criminology. Paul has worked at universities in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Before entering academia, he worked as a journalist in both London and Sydney. He is the author of several books on historical crime, including Under a Bad Sun (2021) and The Australian Gamble (2023).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A cigar-smoking enigma
Chapter 1: All the bells and whistles
Chapter 2: Rooklyn rises
Chapter 3: Family vacations
Chapter 4: Ballyhoo
Chapter 5: Chasing the American dream
Chapter 6: Reinvention
Chapter 7: Shut down the pokies
Chapter 8: Moonlight
Conclusion: Cashing out