The series examining the dramatic growth of gambling over the last 50 years continues with a look at how the Mafia's stranglehold on Las Vegas was broken, and the emergence of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes as the biggest casino owner. John Inverdale also turns his attention to the streets of seventies London, where a battle for control of the casinos broke out between Playboy and Ladbrokes in a bid to win the custom of a new type of wealthy punter - Arabic oil tycoons.
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