Binion book on sale

Friday, Aug. 3, 2001 | 10:57 a.m.

Ted Binion, the son of legendary gaming pioneer Benny Binion, was a wealthy, drug-addicted casino boss who loved to break the rules until his death in 1998.

An ultimate Las Vegas insider, Binion met his demise at the hands of two outsiders, his live-in girlfriend, Sandy Murphy, a one-time topless dancer, and her new lover, Rick Tabish, a married Montana contractor.

Binion's death turned into the biggest murder case of all time in Las Vegas and resulted in the convictions of both Murphy and Tabish.

On Sunday, the Sun begins the first of an exclusive seven-part series of excerpts from the new book, "Murder in Sin City: The Death of a Las Vegas Casino Boss."

The book, written by Jeff German, the Sun's senior investigative reporter, takes the reader into the heart of the murder investigation that captured the attention of Las Vegas and the nation.

"Murder in Sin City," published by Avon Books in New York, is a story of love, betrayal, murder and greed.

German, who covered the investigation from its beginning, wrote the book with the help of thousands of pages of court transcripts and exclusive documents and fresh interviews with key Binion case players.

The book, which contains new revelations about the case, is on sale at bookstores around the country.