GREAT POST GUYS ... MY FRIEND USED TO SELL GAMING EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES TO SHARKEY ... HE TOLD ME THAT WHEN SHARKEY WAS EMPLOYED BY BILL HARRAH ... SHARKEY WOULD TAKE $10,000 OUT OF THE CAGE AND GO TO HAROLDS CLUB TO GAMBLE WITH BILL HARRAH'S MONEY ... BILL TRUSTED SHARKEY WITH HIS WALLET. ... SHARKEY ALSO WAS AN ARM BREAKER! .... HE WOULD GO COLLECT PAST DUE GAMBLING DEBTS FOR BILL HARRAH. ... I MET SHARKEY ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ... HE WAS BUILDING ONE OF HIS CHIP TABLES. HE HAD BUCKETS OF CHIPS FROM THE SAHARA LAS VEGAS ... HE SAID TAKE A BIG HANDFUL ... WHICH I DID AND THANKED HIM. LATER THAT EVENING I HAD DINNER (sunday special) ... PRIME RIB (ribs) ... SHARKEY WENT INTO THE KITCHEN AND TOLD THE CHEF TO GIVE ME A BIG PLATTER OF THEM ... WE TOLD TALES FOR ABOUT AN HOUR ... GREAT GUY AND A VERY GENEROUS MAN! R.I.P. SHARKEY! ...TAKE CARE, RICH