Vincent Forelli was slowly convinced by Johnny Sindacco to set up the Casino. He didn't trust Sindaccos, but he had always wanted to expand into Venturas and this was the opportunity. Johnny met with Salvatore and pitched the idea. Salvatore didn't like the idea at first. He had to put $5 million of his own money into it but wouldn't get control of the books as Sindacco had his own guy ready to run the casino. Salvatore demanded that the casino be run by an outside guy to ensure impartiality, more importantly someone that could be bullied.
Salvatore suggested that Ken Rosenberg be used, since the late 80's he was a washed up drug addict. He had just got out of rehab so this was perfect – The deal was made
Johnny Sindacco now had to get rid of the guy he had originally set up to run the casino; he sent 2 of his men to arrange his "communion" in the desert.
The casino opened in 1992, although it had its teething problems, things were running smoothly. The families remained in Liberty and Rosenberg was left in charge. After a few months a rival new casino opened on the strip. The Four Dragons was backed by the Triads. The families had a problem and Johnny Sindacco was sent to take care of it.
A few weeks later Salvatore got word that Johnny Sindacco was killed in Venturas by a hoodlum though to be connected with the triads. Salvatore decided to take a trip to Venturas to take care of business; it was his $5 million was a stake.
Vincent Forelli got word of this; it was the perfect opportunity to take out the Leones out of the picture plus his 5 million. Vincent arranged a hit squad to fly over to Venturas to deal with Salvatore. Vincent waited for conformation of a successful hit. It never came. He made enquires and all he could find out was that the plane they went over on simply crashed into the sea.
Forelli was furious; planes didn't just fall into the sea. Salvatore had somehow got word of this.
Vincent became very paranoid. He knew that Salvatore was going to hit back. Sure enough days after the plane crash Vincent was relaxing in the Bistro with his cousin and underboss, Micky Forelli, playing cards. They both then heard heavy gunfire upstairs and panicked. His lieutenants quickly rushed Vincent into a Sentinel and it roared off. However Vincent could see out the back window that Micky Forelli's Sentinel would not start, he was trapped. Vincent wanted to go back for him, but it was too late. Vincent saw just a glimpse of the killer coming for Micky as thier car drove off to a hideout.
Meanwhile in Venturas, There was news of a crime surge in the last few weeks, A military helicopter was stolen from an army base, police bikes were going missing and there were reports of was heavy gunfire heard out in the desert one night, Salvatore thought nothing of this, the casino was running smoothly and he had met a waitress called Maria. She fell for Salvatore and became his fiancé.
It was one night Salvatore was with Maria in the penthouse suite of Caligula's when suddenly the power failed. He tried to radio down to the manager but got nothing. Several minutes passed and he finally managed to get down to security. All he could hear over the radio was gunfire. Power was eventually restored. He got word from the manager that the casino vault had been broken into. Salvatore was furious; he looked out the window and saw police helicopters circling the casino and a figure jumping from rooftop to rooftop. He recognised who it was – It was the associate called Carl Johnson that he had take care of the Forellis back in Liberty. He watched as he somehow parachuted to another building and into a helicopter to make his escape.