Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it.
They failed and it closed.
Now, we are trusting the economy of our country and 850+ Billion Dollars to a pack of nit-wits who couldn't make money running a whore house and selling booze.

Not to sure of your information, but in know someone who worked there until well into the 90's, My friend tried to buy a house from the company I worked for for 410 grand. She had told the real estate agent it would be a cash sale, but the closing did not happen when she walked in with two large shopping bags containing 4,100 hundred dollar bills.

She ended up buying a house on a contract for deed from another builder... that let her make cash payments.

There were certain girls who worked there only on call, and it took 10 grand to get them to make the call. I got to know the woman by doing contract work on her home, I got paid in one hundred dollar bills. She later told me she was 29, was almost done with law school, and had never had a checking account.

Ain't no worth $10k.

What do you think a divorce costs?

I know guys that have paid lots more than that just to make them go away. One friend of mine offered me 18K to marry his X. Their agreement was that he paid "maintenance" for 5 years or until she got married. He figured if he paid me the 18K to get rid of her, he was money ahead.
I digress...

Dean you are right, but She worked on that level, no one except former customers knew, and she was frequently photographed as the attractive red head on the arms of athletes, a few politicians and businessmen. When a pitcher makes $400K per start, it starts looking pretty easy to pay 10 or 20K for a date that does not try to claim palimony after a few weeks,