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In the early morning hours of

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December 14th, 2010, a man adorned

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in a full motorcycle jumpsuit, gloves

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and helmet, walked into the Bellagio Hotel and

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Casino on the Las Vegas Strip and pulled

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out a pistol as he robbed a high-stakes

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craps table of $1.5 million in casino chips.

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Hi, I'm Jason Hoke and my new

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podcast network, Waveland, is on a mission

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to bring you wildly entertaining stories that

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you've never heard told like this before.

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You're just seconds from a special

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preview of our first series release,

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called The High Roller Heist. The

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wild, only in Vegas, true story

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of Tony Carleo, better known as

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the Biker Bandit. The

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High Roller Heist is available now

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on all popular podcast platforms. And

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you can click the link in the description

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of this trailer right now to follow the

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show and start listening. Here's a sneak

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peek. Making

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a fortune in Las Vegas is the modern

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American dream. We've

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all heard the warning of, the house always

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wins. That the odds are

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stacked against every player who puts their chips on

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the table. But there

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are ways to beat the house. It's

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something straight out of Hollywood. A thief

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is on the run with over a

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million dollars. All right, straight out

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of Ocean's Eleven, casino heists are

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not purely the product of Hollywood's

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imagination. Few Las

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Vegas casino heists are as brazen as the

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one that occurred in the early morning hours

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of December 14, 2010. It

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just seemed very bold. I remember

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people saying it was ballsy, that

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was the technical term they used,

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and then it just got crazier. The

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big surprise was the amount. One

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and a half million dollars. Wow.

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The crown jewel of the Vegas

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strip, the Bellagio, had just been

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robbed. I

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grabbed all the chips, I just turned around and

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booked it. In and out I was

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like three minutes and 58 seconds. I

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got on the bike and pinned

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it. The

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thief would end up playing a game of

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cat and mouse with authorities. It was a

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guy with a gun setting off a truly

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gonzo series of events. It was a ton

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of money that could only happen

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in a place like Las Vegas. We got to

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make sure we get this guy so they doesn't

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do it again. Over that

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time he earned a nickname

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that would cement him in

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the annals of Sin City

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legend. He came into my room and

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he dumped the backpack full of chips

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onto my bed and

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I was just like holy.

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From Waveland and Pegalo pictures comes

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the story of a man who robbed the

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house We ended up counting them and come

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up with this big number returned to the

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house. If they know it's me they're gonna

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tackle me the second I walk in here

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and lived in it. She

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ends up giving me a $600 a night room. Or

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RF and B which stands for room food and beverage.

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Just sign whatever to the room you go out and eat

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and it's all comp. I

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lived there man. This

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is the high roller The

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pressure was already high anyhow so I

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was like alright game on. Everybody

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has a plan until they get punched in the mouth and

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that adrenaline really punched me in the mouth. Wherever

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you get your podcast.