Game On | Chapter 5

The High Roller Heist

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Society & Culture, True Crime

4.9 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

With the Bellagio robbery making news around the world, Las Vegas Metro Police Department lead detective Sam Smith is beginning to feel the pressure – especially since there are virtually no leads in the case. Meanwhile, Tony is comped a high roller suite by the Bellagio, living like a king in the hotel he just robbed.

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0:00.0	This podcast is intended for mature audiences.
0:04.0	Listener discretion is advised. Rain.
0:13.0	Land.
0:20.0	Pick a little picture.
0:31.0	My name Samuel T. Smith, call me Sam. I spent 20 years with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
0:35.4	About 15 of those years I spent as a robbery detective and a homicide detective.
0:40.0	I went in as a regular shift of work to the robbery section and we were notified at a
0:46.6	briefing that the pelagio had been robbed.
0:50.3	It also came to light that $16 million dollars in chips was taken into robbery.
0:56.9	It was one of the premier properties on the strip.
1:01.2	It was a ton of money.
1:04.0	A guy with a gun and I know one of the
1:09.0	underlying thought process at that time would be we got to make sure we get this guy so they
1:14.8	doesn't do it again and I was thinking to myself
1:18.8	and I don't have you the poor bastard that gets his case.
1:24.0	I just didn't know it was going to be me.
1:27.0	From Waveland and Pegalo Pictures, this is the High Roller Hice.
1:38.0	I'm your host, Chris Sims.
1:45.7	Chapter 5, Game On.
1:47.8	I'm originally from South Jersey. I was always interested in law enforcement. I didn't go into it in New Jersey. I actually
1:58.0	went to work for a friend of mine named Dennis Gomes in the casino industry. I was a Casino host.
2:05.0	Dennis wanted me to go to graduate school at UNLV for Casino and Hotel Casino Gaming.
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