'Ace Rothstein Was a hell of a handicapper, I can tell you that.

'I Was so good that Whenever I bet,

'I could change the odds for every bookmaker in the country.

'I had it doWn so cold that I Was given paradise on Earth.

'I Was given one of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas to run, The Tangiers,

'by the only kind of guys that can actually get you that kind of money,

'$62,700,000.

'I don't knoW all the details.'

(Man) 'Nobody kneW all the details, but it should have been perfect.

'I mean, he had me, Nicky Santoro, his best friend, Watching his ass

'and he had, Ginger, the Woman he loved, on his arm.

'But in the end, We fucked it all up.

'It should've been so sWeet too

'but it turned out to be the last time that street guys like us

'Were ever given anything that fuckin' valuable again.'

(Ace) 'At that time, Vegas Was a place Where millions of suckers

'fleW in every year on their oWn nickel and left behind about a billion dollars.

'But at night, you couldn't see the desert that surrounds Las Vegas.

'But it's in the desert Where lots of the toWn's problems are solved.'

(Nicky) 'Got a lot of holes in the desert and a lot of problems are buried in those holes.

'Except you gotta do it right.

'You gotta have the hole already dug before you shoW up With a package.

'Otherwise, you're talking about a half hour or 45 minutes of diggin'.

'And Who knoWs Who's gonna be comin' along?

'Before you knoW it, you gotta dig a feW more holes.

'You could be there all fuckin' night.'