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January 11, 1970. While 80,000 fans watched the Kansas City Chiefs shock the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV, FBI agents were listening to wiretap recordings that would destroy one of America’s most powerful mob bosses.

Nick Civella ruled Kansas City’s underworld for 40 years—untouchable, invisible, disciplined. He controlled illegal gambling operations generating millions annually. Federal agents had hunted him since the 1960s but could never connect him directly to crimes.

Then Super Bowl IV created an unprecedented crisis. Every bettor in Kansas City wanted the Chiefs. Civella’s bookmaking empire was drowning in unbalanced action—tens of thousands of dollars in exposure they couldn’t lay off. The pressure forced Civella to break his cardinal rule: he picked up a phone and talked business...

That single call, discussing $47,000 in illegal bets, was recorded by the FBI. It would trigger a prosecution that sent Civella to prison, expose the Las Vegas casino skimming operation, and ultimately dismantle the Kansas City crime family entirely.

This is the true story of how America’s greatest sporting upset became the catalyst for one of the most successful organized crime prosecutions in FBI history—a story where civic pride, criminal hubris, and patient investigation converged to bring down an empire.

Featuring detailed research on Nick Civella, FBI surveillance tactics, illegal gambling operations, the Kansas City mob’s connection to Las Vegas casinos, and the RICO prosecutions that changed organized crime forever.

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