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Niro stars as Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a Jewish American handicapper who is called by the Outfit to oversee the day-to-day operations at the Tangiers in . His character is based on Frank Rosenthal, who ran the Stardust, Fremont, and Hacienda in Las for the Chicago Outfit from the 1970s until the early 1980s. Pesci plays Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro, based on real-life Mob enforcer Anthony Spilotro, a "made man" who could give Ace the protection he needed. Nicky is sent to to make sure that money from the Tangiers is skimmed off the top and the mobsters in are kept in line.