SMILE Services serving the community for 44 years estevanmercury.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from estevanmercury.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Well-run illegal casinos operated in Sydney from the late 1960s to the late 1980s
Casino operators paid police and politicians bribes to operate their businesses
Establishments offered free alcohol, food and sometimes prostitutes to punters
While they generally had shabby exteriors, inside many casinos were luxurious
The buildings that housed the casinos still stand in the city and eastern suburbs