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<\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n By Scott Roeben<\/a>, on February 19 2024 <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
A new podcast, \u201cThe High Roller Heist,\u201d chronicles the misadventures of a noted asshat, Tony Carleo. All due respect to asses and hats.<\/p>\n
Carleo robbed the Suncoast and Bellagio in 2010. He wore a motorcycle helmet, garnering him the label of \u201cBiker Bandit,\u201d although, we\u2019re pretty sure Carleo gave himself that name.<\/p>\n
In a fun twist, the casino robber is the son of George Assad, a former Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge and currently a member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the entity that regulates (wait for it) casinos. Which is possibly the most Las Vegas sentence we have ever written.<\/p>\n While \u201cHigh Roller Heist\u201d has a whiff of glorifying the acts of a drug-addled, gambling-addicted imbecile, it does a good job of providing context for Carleo\u2019s misdeeds without sensationalizing them too much.<\/p>\n In the Bellagio heist, Carleo nabbed $1.5 million in chips, many of them \u201ccranberry\u201d chips\u2014worth $25,000 each, but only if one can cash them in.<\/p>\n The \u201cBiker Bandit\u201d was caught while trying to sell several $25,000 chips. To an undercover police officer. Police eventually recovered $775,000 of the $1.5 million in chips.<\/p>\n See, casino chips aren\u2019t money. Casino chips have no monetary value outside a casino. Roulette chips can\u2019t even be cashed at the casino cage. We do not use the terms \u201cbonehead\u201d or \u201casshat\u201d lightly.<\/p>\n Carleo\u2019s buffoonery has been well-documented<\/a>, his actions at the time being\u00a0compared to an episode of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Dumbest Criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/high_roller_heist_podcast-845x563.jpg\"\/)