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Vincent Savino was an American gangster active during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was a member of the Chicago crime mob and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada to become the manager of the Savoy Casino.
Sep 26, 2012 · The show, based on a true story, follows cowboy-turned sheriff Ralph Lamb in a head-to-head war with fictional mobster Vincent Savino
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Vincent Savino is a Chicago mobster who has moved west to run the Savoy Hotel for the outfit.
Background
Savino learned his trade running the Outfit's casino in Havana, Cuba.
All That Glitters
Chicago organized crime boss Angelo LaFratta visits Las Vegas to check on his investment in the Savoy. He is accompanied several of his lieutenants, including Mia Rizzo's father Johnny. Vincent knows Johnny as a hothead and quickly defuses the situation when he gets into an argument with a waiter. Vincent gives Angelo a tour of the hotel and urges him to invest in a fine dining restaurant and a concert venue to keep high rollers in house. Angelo defers the decision to Johnny, saying that he is good with numbers. Ralph visits the casino and warns Vincent that Johnny is prohibited from gambling. Johnny dines with his daughter. Vincent interrupts to show Johnny that he has found away around the blacklist; he has set up a private casino in a suite. Mia deduces that Vincent is trying to appease Johnny to gain his support for the restaurant. Johnny realizes that the dealers in his suite are letting him win and angrily beats one of them up. Vincent comes to calm Johnny down but cannot stop him going to the main floor to gamble. Lamb gets a call to tell him that Johnny is breaking the restriction on him and he goes to the Savoy to arrest him. Johnny is livid at the public arrest and warns Lamb that he will be released in an hour. Vincent goes to bail Johnny out but finds that Mia has beaten him to it. Johnny demands that Vincent kill Ralph but Vincent stalls by insisting that they need Angelo's approval. Johnny makes his case at a sit down with the boss but Vincent makes the better argument and Angelo refuses to authorize the assassination. Angelo and Johnny head back to Chicago. Angelo agrees to fund a restaurant but not the arena. He warns Vincent that he is thinking too much about the future and urges him to bring his family out to Las Vegas to distract him.
•Anthony "Red" Cervelli - Mob colleague, Savoy Hotel Assistant Manager
•Nick "Beansy" Cota - Mob colleague, Savoy Hotel security
Vincent Savino is a major character in the first season. He is played by starring cast member Michael Chiklis.Appearances
Series Premiere. When rancher Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid) is persuaded into becoming the sheriff of the growing city, he clashes with Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis), a ruthless Chicago gangster who plans to make Vegas his own -- and for both of them, folding is not an option.
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May 10, 2013 · Michael Chiklis is in the set that is the office of his VEGAS character, casino owner, businessman and gangster Vincent Savino.
Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor appeals to his sense of duty to look into a murder of a casino worker – and so begins Lamb's clash with...
Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor appeals to his sense of duty to look into a murder of a casino worker – and so begins Lamb’s clash with Vincent Savino, a ruthless Chicago gangster who plans to make Vegas his own.
