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Anthony John Spilotro (May 19, 1938 – June 14, 1986), nicknamed "Tony the Ant", was an American mobster and high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit who operated in Las Vegas during the 1970s and '80s.
Apr 2, 2014 · Tony Spilotro is best known as a ruthless Chicago mob representative in Las Vegas from the 1970s to the '80s. He was brutally beaten and murdered by other mobsters in 1986.
Jul 10, 2007 · CHICAGO -- A mobster who inspired a movie character warned his attackers before they beat him to death that they would get in trouble, an organized crime insider...
Feb 11, 2021 · Anthony Spilotro reportedly entered mob life in his early 20s, under the tutelage of reputed outfit torture killer “Mad Sam” DeStefano, and went on to work with feared hit man Felix...
Apr 12, 2024 · Known as "The Ant," ruthless mobster Anthony Spilotro handled the Chicago Outfit's criminal activities in Las Vegas throughout the 1970s and early '80s. By 22, he'd been arrested around a dozen times.
Anthony Spilotro, also known as 'Tony the Ant' and 'Tough Tony', was an American mobster and enforcer who began his criminal career in Chicago. He later oversaw the illegal casino profits (the 'skim') in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the 1970s and 1980s, on behalf of the Chicago Outfit.
Anthony Spilotro was a soldier and enforcer for the Chicago Outfit who was assigned to protect the Las Vegas “skim”: the illegal diversion of casino profits to the Mob. However, Spilotro’s violent extracurricular activities, as documented in the movie Casino, hastened the demise of the Mob’s influence in Las Vegas.
Spilotro's savage tendencies and a string of beatings and killings attributed to him caused him to be revered and feared within the Chicago Outfit. Despite his small physical stature, he rose within the Mafia ranks to become the Outfit's man in Las Vegas, the overlord of Sin City.
May 22, 2012 · Anthony Spilotro, the basis for Joe Pesci's Nicky Santoro character, caught one of the two men who killed the Scalvo brothers without permission. Frank Cullotta testified in the Operation Family Secrets trial that Spilotro did torture Billy McCarthy.
Jun 22, 2019 · Anthony John Spilotro (May 19, 1938 – June 14, 1986), nicknamed " Tony the Ant ", was an American mobster and high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit who operated in Las Vegas during the 1970s and '80s.
