https://www.abouttanzanitejewelry.com/news/vegas-myths-busted-bugsy-brought-the-mob-to-vegas-to-take-over-the-flamingo/ Latest Casino and Gaming News Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:16:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4 https://www.abouttanzanitejewelry.com/news/vegas-myths-busted-bugsy-brought-the-mob-to-vegas-to-take-over-the-flamingo/#comment-372622 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:16:48 +0000 https://www.abouttanzanitejewelry.com/news/?p=321028#comment-372622 Is this really a myth? It’s correct that Siegel & co were the first organized crime figures to invest, own, and operate a Las Vegas resort. No one cares about the obscure fact that Siegel was involved in some joint in 1941. The multi-part article “The First Mobster in Las Vegas” published by The Mob Museum tells the story of a criminal operating in Las Vegas in the decade before Goldie.

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