Frank Lawrence 'Lefty' Rosenthal is a renowned sports handicapper and a former Las Vegas casino executive. He was born of Swedish parentage on June 12, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois, a recognized center of Scandinavian-Lutheran immigration to the United States at that time, and was later adopted by a Jewish family. He had numerous arrests and indictments for gambling crimes, including bribing players to fix games. A pioneer of modern gambling, he secretly ran the Stardust, … Wikipedia
Rosenthal was suspected of overseeing a Las Vegas casino on behalf of organized crime interests and directing the skimming of funds from the casino. www.gaming.nv.gov/loep_rosenthal.htm
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