It’s sometimes hard to tell where the entertainer, Las Vegas tough guy Frankie Citro, ends and the genuinely emotional family man Frank Citro begins.

The 80-year-old Las Vegan has been a fixture on the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s List of Excluded Persons, also known as the “Black Book,” for 34 years this month.

Earlier this month, Citro made a splash when his attorney delivered a formal request to be removed from the list – something that has never been done before by a living person.

Within the next few months, the Nevada Gaming Commission will have to determine whether there’s enough evidence to consider a hearing for his potential removal and only then could a hearing be set before the commission for consideration.

“All I want is a chance,” Citro said in a recent interview.

If he

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