The involvement of James Tamer in Las Vegas was first discovered in 1970 when a friend and business associate of Tamers "George George," was denied a license for ownership of the Aladdin Hotel and Casino because of his association with Tamer. Deemed a threat to the Nevada gaming establishment, Tamer's position and influence on the operator's of the Aladdin Hotel and Casino were not immediately made clear during the George licensing hearing. Tamer undetered by the ruling continued to oversee the operation of the establishment on behalf of Vito William Giacalone who had replaced Anthony Zerilli and Michael Polizzi as the lieutenants incharge of Vegas operations on behalf of the leaders of the Detroit Outfit. Tamer "who's background and record will be covered more thoroughly in a later bio," would avoid the scrutiny of the gaming commission for another 6 years untill 1976 when the wife of his longtime business associate George George made an attempt to takeover stock shares held by her husband in the Aladdin. Mrs.George was brought before the Nevada Gaming commission and grilled on her and her late husbands relationship with Tamer. Her application was ultimately turned down for her relationship with the unsavory character that the commission deemed Tamer to be. During the second George licensing hearing investigators laid bare the connection of James Tamer to the Detroit Outfit and suspected that he and his mob superiors were the true owners of the Aladdin. The board quickly moved to have Tamer removed from his position as Executive Entertainment Director at the Aladdin and later brought charges against him and another associate Charles "Chuckie" Goldfarb on conspiracy to hide ownership in a Nevada casino. Convicted in 1979, Tamer was immediately banned from the Aladdin's grounds and was hit with a $10,000 dollar fine and sentenced to serve a 3 year federal prison sentence. During the hearings investigators placed named Tamer as the real power in the operation of the Aladdin and also suspected him of running a lucrative bookmaking operation from the Hotels casino. Following completion of his jail term, Tamer returned to his home in Mt.Clemons Michigan where he was forced to sell his interest in the Hillcrest Country Club, an upscale retreat which counted many members of the Detroit hiearchy as members including newly crowned chief Jack Tocco who was a regular on the tennis courts at Hillcrest. It would be another 8 years before Tamer would receive his official notice of banishment from the Nevada gaming commission but on September 22,1988 James Tamer, aliases John Rouse, James Tanner, George Owen and James Osco Temmer was placed in Nevada's black book official banning him from setting foot inside any of the gambling establishment's within the state of Nevada. Following Nevada's lead, New Jersey also placed Tamer amoung 171 other men and women who are not welcomed within their establishments as well. The inclusion of James Tamer amoung the damned of Nevada gambling took 18 years to come to fruition and in the process saw countless issues's raised and questions asked as to the validity of Tamer's worthiness of exclusion from Nevada gambling circles. While many officials still fill that Tamer now 88 years old is the Detroit Outfit's top man in Las Vegas it is more likely that he is retired and out of the loop. Tamer is sure to garner a close look as the state of Michigan starts putting together it's list of banned patrons at it's gammling facilities which are still in their infant stages of operation.
