Double or nothing: how two friends risked it all to buy one of Las Vegas' legendary casinos
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If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the twentieth century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. They would have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. Breitling is the kid next door He never saw a hundred dollar bill or The Godfather until he went to college. Poster comes from a family of oddsmakers who scream for the point spread on football Sundays;he was whistling Sinatra and booking games at his Las Vegas high school. Their unlikely friendship began in college and led to a partnership in a hotel reservation business. Tim and Tom grew a company that they sold during the dot.com boom for $105 million. This allowed Tim to pursue his childhood dream of owning a casino and bringing back the glory days of Vegas. When Tim raises the limits to give gamblers the best game in town, and a craps player nicknamed "Mr. Royalty," begins to take Tom and Tim for millions, the partnership is put to the test. But just as they figure out a way to hold up the house, the roller coaster ride really gets rolling - and the ride becomes crazier than they'd ever imagined. --Container insert.