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| | The Vegas Guy Special Report - Week of 08/26/2001 |
 | | To "old school" casino owners like Steve Wynn, Moe Dalitz was considered the most talented businessman Vegas ever had, and since he was never convicted of a single crime, he died old and comfortable, honored by the city for his vast humanitarian projects. |
 | | Dalitz was like the Santa Claus of the Ohio River, doling out money to civic clubs, hospitals, schools, churches, synagogues, and virtually anyone who came to him with a genuine hard-luck story. |
 | | And then, in 1994, the state of Indiana decided to take a lesson from Moe and set up what is the most heavily taxed, heavily regulated string of casinos in America, just a little farther down the Ohio River, where the old decaying river towns were in sore need of an economic boost. |
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