{"id":39252,"date":"2024-02-19T15:45:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T23:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=39252"},"modified":"2024-02-19T16:50:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T00:50:16","slug":"high-roller-heist-podcast-delves-into-boneheads-vegas-casino-robberies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/high-roller-heist-podcast-delves-into-boneheads-vegas-casino-robberies\/","title":{"rendered":"“High Roller Heist” Podcast Delves Into Bonehead’s Vegas Casino Robberies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new podcast, “The High Roller Heist,” chronicles the misadventures of a noted asshat, Tony Carleo. All due respect to asses and hats.<\/p>\n

Carleo robbed the Suncoast and Bellagio in 2010. He wore a motorcycle helmet, garnering him the label of “Biker Bandit,” although, we’re pretty sure Carleo gave himself that name.<\/p>\n

In a fun twist, the casino robber is the son of George Assad, a former Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge and currently a member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the entity that regulates (wait for it) casinos. Which is possibly the most Las Vegas sentence we have ever written.<\/p>\n

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While “High Roller Heist” has a whiff of glorifying the acts of a drug-addled, gambling-addicted imbecile, it does a good job of providing context for Carleo’s misdeeds without sensationalizing them too much.<\/p>\n

In the Bellagio heist, Carleo nabbed $1.5 million in chips, many of them “cranberry” chips—worth $25,000 each, but only if one can cash them in.<\/p>\n

The “Biker Bandit” was caught while trying to sell several $25,000 chips. To an undercover police officer. Police eventually recovered $775,000 of the $1.5 million in chips.<\/p>\n

See, casino chips aren’t money. Casino chips have no monetary value outside a casino. Roulette chips can’t even be cashed at the casino cage. We do not use the terms “bonehead” or “asshat” lightly.<\/p>\n

Carleo’s buffoonery has been well-documented<\/a>, his actions at the time being compared to an episode of “America’s Dumbest Criminals.”<\/p>\n

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