Is Casino a true story? Find out who inspired the movie, plus whether the car bomb and eye-popping scenes actually happened.

Mob figures who skimmed from casinos and associated with the likes of Al Capone were once listed on Nevada’s “List of Excluded Persons” kept by the Gaming Control Board.

Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw: Ace falls in ...