Nicky worked for the Mafia boss Remo Gaggi, whom made Santoro. Nicky Santoro : [narrating] it wasn't long before what I was afraid what was going to happen: happened, Nicky managed to get himself banned from every casino in Las Vegas, from then on I couldn't be seen talking to him anywhere in Vegas or anywhere near it. Nicky Santoro was a childhood friend of Jewish handicapper Sam "Ace" Rothstein. Psychopath Nicky Santoro and his brother Dominick Santoro, (played respectively by Joe Pesci and Philip Suriano) meet in a nondescript cornfield to discuss business with lieutenants of the Las Vegas casino bosses.

Nicky’s been skimming casino profits, but he doesn’t think the bosses know.

They did. When the Mafia decided to move into Las Vegas to skim the profits of the Tangiers Casino, they chose Ace to run the casino, while Nicky … Casino (1995) Joe Pesci as Nicky Santoro.