Nevada Gaming Commission film "Casino", the Commission denies a gaming license to Sam Rothstein, a character based on Frank Rosenthal and portrayed by Robert De Niro. In actual history the chairman of the Commission at this time was future senator Harry Reid. In the 2001 film "Ocean's Eleven" the NGC has a (fictitious) regulation that requires casinos to hold in reserve enough cash to cover every chip in play on their floor. In the film, Matt Damon plays a character who passes himself off as an NGC agent. Nevada Gaming Commission The Nevada Gaming Commission is a Nevada state governmental agency involved in
Casino (1995 film) The corporations build new and gaudier attractions, which Sam laments are not the same as when the Mafia was in control. Sam subsequently retires to San Diego and continues to live as a sports handicapper for the Mob, in his own words, ending up "right back where I started". The research for "Casino" began when screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi read a 1980 report from the "Las Vegas Sun" about a domestic argument between Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, a casino figure, and his wife Geri McGee, a former topless dancer. This gave him an idea to focus on a new book about the