He often used the name "Anthony Stuart" and had operated a gift shop in
the Circus Circus hotel in Las Vegas under that name. He started his Vegas
career at the Circus Circus Casino using it as a base. In 1971 it was
owned by
Jay Sarno, who purchased it with a $43-million loan from the
Central States Pension Fund of the Teamsters Union. Sarno was a former
executive at Caesar's Palace.