Las Vegas casino operator Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal smokes a cigerette after a hearing before the Nevada Gaming Commission in Carson City in 1988. The commission ruled against Rosenthal, placing him …

Las Vegas casino operator Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal smokes a cigerette after a hearing before the Nevada Gaming Commission in Carson City in 1988. The commission ruled against Rosenthal, placing him on the Nevada Gaming Commission’s List of Excluded Persons, better known as the Black Book, which makes it illegal for the casino operator to step foot in Nevada casinos. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)