The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday will consider removing a Las Vegas man from its Black Book of excluded persons to give him a chance to perform in casinos. Typically, that happens only after someone dies, but this time the Commission will consider the petition from an aging Francis Citro, Jr.
The 80-year-old Citro has been in the Black Book for more than 30 years and made a request at the end of 2025 for his name to be removed. The Commission apparently decided there was a compelling reason to have a hearing.
Citro was added to the list in 1991, the 21st person to be included on it. Today, there are 37 on the list, with the Commission expected to have a hearing soon on adding bookmakers Matthew Bowyer and Wayne Nix, whose actions led to multi-million fines against Strip resorts…