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English
United States
17 episodes
since Jan. 11, 2024
serial
explicit content

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In the early morning hours of December 14th, 2010, Anthony “Tony” Carleo will walk into the Bellagio Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip adorned in a full motorcycle jumpsuit, gloves and helmet and pull a pistol, robbing a high stakes craps table of 1.5 million dollars in casino chips. This is …

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Anthony Michael Carleo is an Italian kid from Pueblo, Colorado who grew up living fast and loose with few consequences. Carleo soon finds himself in tens of thousands of dollars in debt and considering a truly crazy solution to his financial problems: robbing a casino. 
Having decided that robbing a casino is the best, easy solution to freeing himself from his gambling debts, Carleo decides on a smaller, unglamorous casino on the outskirts of Sin City: The Suncoast. With everything in place, Carleo will ride to the Suncoast casino and rob it, becoming The Biker Ba…
After robbing the Suncoast Casino and getting away, Carleo decides he needs to go bigger and sets his sights on the Bellagio, a crown jewel on the Las Vegas Strip. Five days later in the early morning hours, Carleo will rob a high stakes craps table of $1.5 million in chips, becoming the most wante…
When a casino like the Bellagio is robbed in Las Vegas, it’s a big deal for law enforcement. Little do they know,  the robber himself has returned to the casino less than 24 hours later to begin casually playing poker and cashing in his stolen chips.
With the Bellagio robbery making news around the world, Las Vegas Metro Police Department lead detective Sam Smith is beginning to feel the pressure – especially since there are virtually no leads in the case. Meanwhile, Tony is comped a high roller suite by the Bellagio, living like a king in the …
After returning to Pueblo for the holidays, Tony is desperate to return to Las Vegas for New Years Eve at the Bellagio, with a close friend in tow. Meanwhile, Las Vegas investigators have their first real break in the case, one which takes them to Pueblo to interview a suspected accomplice.
Having blown through his lower denomination chips, Tony now must somehow move the illicit $25k Cranberry chips he has stolen, which will soon be discontinued by the Bellagio. Meanwhile, detectives have their own plan to catch Tony, proving he is The Biker Bandit.
The walls close in on Tony and he is arrested in the LVMPD sting operation. However, his trial, sentencing and time in prison come with their own dramas...
Investigative reporter Matt Katz has been searching for his biological father since he was a little kid. But it wasn't until his 40s that he realized he was on the wrong journey altogether. The true story is wrapped in confusion and secrecy, and in the end it upended the truth about who he is – rai…
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