was reading the imdb page about the movie casino and saw this bit of info:
did I just miss how greatly connected reid was back then or is this common knowledge?
Dick Smothers' character, Senator, is partly based on Nevada Senator Harry Reid, who was chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. The scene in which Sam Rothstein is denied a license by the Nevada Gaming Commission is based on a December 1978 hearing when Harry Reid was the commission's chairman; some of Reid's statements are used in Smothers' dialogue. The scene was shot in an actual courtroom in the Clark County Courthouse, which was later closed in 2005.
did I just miss how greatly connected reid was back then or is this common knowledge?