Short history of Las Vegas casino robberies
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A man robbed Resorts World on the Strip earlier this week. MIT blackjack team won up to $57 million from counting cards in Las Vegas between 1979 and 1994.
The biggest heist at a Las Vegas casino was the robbery of $1.5 million from the Bellagio in 2010. Anthony Michael Carleo, the son of a judge, stole the money from a craps table. He was caught because he bragged about it.
The Bellagio casino was the scene of a robbery in 2000. Jose Vigoa stole $160,000 worth of chips from the cashier. He is serving four life sentences for multiple robberies and the murder of two armored truck guards.
Royal Hopper and his sons robbed the Stardust casino in 1991 using smoke bombs. They stole $1.1 million in cash and checks from an armored truck.
Stardust Sportsbook was robbed of $500,000 in 1992. Bill Brennan was the cashier who was supposed to count the money. He left with half of the amount in cash and the other half in chips. The FBI placed Brennan on its Most Wanted list until 2006, but the case was dismissed.
Reginald Johnson robbed Treasure Island in July and October 2000 and took $30,000. On his third attempt, in December, he shot at and injured security guards. He later pleaded guilty to robbery and attempted murder charges.
Two masked men robbed the change booth at Mandalay Bay in 2005. They stole an undisclosed amount of money.
In 2017 someone robbed the Bellagio poker room and earlier that year burglars wearing pig masks and tuxedos used sledgehammers to break into a jewelry store at the resort. In 2014 a man tried robbing the bellagios by swiping casino chips off tables. Michael Belton and another man sprayed a blackjack dealer with pepper spray and grabbed $115,000 worth of chips.
