Tony Cornero is a LV history lesson all into himself. Gaming pulled his license at the LV SS Rex/Apache partly because of his involvement with the illegal off shore CA gaming ship, the SS Rex.
He died at the crap table at the DI. Tony was in the process of building the Stardust which he had way over subscribed shares of, to the mobs. He probably did himself a favor by dying. Moe Daliz took over and finished the dust.