Now he is ruler and high priest of allhe surveys in his magic kingdom. He eventually doubles the mob*s take and finallychanges the very rules of how the casinos are run. In charge of four casinos, he insures thatthe money keeps coming in and looks the other way as the skim flows out the back, whilekeeping a canny eye on the quick hands of every cheat, hustler and blackjack dealer in theplace. Sam 'Ace' Rothstein (Robert De Niro), the consummate bookie who could change the oddsmerely by placing a bet, has come up through the ranks of the Midwestern mob to be pickedby the bosses to front their entree into Vegas.
