Nevada Gaming Commission removes males from Black Book | Casinos & Gaming

The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday eliminated two names from the state’s List of Excluded Persons as a result of the 2 males, who each previously lived in Missouri, have died.

William Dominick Cammisano Jr., who was final believed to be dwelling in Harrisonville, and Peter Ribaste, final identified to be dwelling in Kansas City, had been faraway from the checklist, generally referred to as the “Black Book,” a board-maintained archive of criminals thought of the “worst of the worst” for Nevada’s 451 largest licensed casinos.

With the removals, the variety of entries within the Black Book stands at 37.

Senior Deputy Attorney General John Michela instructed commissioners he was unable to acquire a dying certificates for Cammisano, however verified his dying via 4 verifiable databases. Michela mentioned a replica of the dying certificates for Ribaste was obtained from his household.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board really helpful the removing of Cammisano and Ribaste from the checklist as a result of they’re not thought of a hazard to Nevada’s gaming business.

Cammisano, who used the aliases Willie Cammisano, William Domnick Cammisano and William Dominic Cammisano, in response to the Control Board, was excluded by the Gaming Commission on Jan. 24, 1997.

Cammisano was believed to be 73 when he died of issues from COVID-19 in 2023, in response to a report within the Kansas City Star.

Cammisano was banned after being convicted of obstruction of justice for tampering with a witness earlier than a particular federal grand jury investigating the gangland-style homicide of Robert L. “Roger” Reid in 1988 in a case involving Las Vegas skilled gambler Billy Walters. Cammisano owed Walters cash after betting on a golf event Walters hosted.

Ribaste used the alias PJ Ribaste and was excluded by the Gaming Commission on Jan. 28, 1999.

Published experiences mentioned Ribaste as soon as lived in upscale Spanish Trails neighborhood of Las Vegas and had lengthy ties to the Kansas City mob and took orders from Kansas City mob boss Carl Civella and his underboss, Carl DeLuna. He additionally was a onetime affiliate of former gaming government Ted Binion.

Ribaste, who additionally had been banned from casinos in Missouri, did not disclose money owed he needed to Las Vegas casinos when he fraudulently utilized for loans from a Missouri financial institution and the Small Business Administration to acquire a vendor certificates to function a General Motors automotive dealership. He additionally pleaded responsible in federal court docket to revenue tax evasion over three years and for making false statements to the Internal Revenue Service.

The Control Board routinely checks the standing of individuals on the List of Excluded Persons and goes via the method of eradicating them if it may be confirmed that they’ve died.

At least two different individuals on the checklist are believed to be useless, however they weren’t into consideration for removing.

While there’s a course of in place for individuals on the checklist to be eliminated in the event that they petition the Gaming Commission, nobody has ever been delisted except they had been useless.

In March, the fee obtained such a request from Las Vegas entertainer Francis Citro, who has been on the checklist since 1991, however commissioners unanimously rejected his request for a listening to to contemplate removing.

Contact Richard N. Velotta at [email protected] or 702-477-3893. Follow @RickVelotta on X.