She would never escape her past - her fate to be caught forever in the sick glitter of the great sucker trap.

Coney Island in the desert. Miami Beach without an ocean. Nothing but sand and neon and money, money, everywhere.

Big-name entertainers rubbing elbows with big name gangsters over the green-baize craps tables.

Bare-breasted showgirls conning the big spenders in the small hours.

All-night marriage chapels.

Divorcees hocking their jewels for a final desperate fling.

Little white balls bouncing around all the roulette wheels, 24 hours a day.

World without end...

VEGAS!