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10 Intriguing Facts About Mob Tied Gambler Sam Termini

1928-1972 Samuel “Sam” F. Termini (1903-1972) was known as a small-time racketeer who worked at and operated gambling enterprises mostly for others. Here are 10 interesting tidbits about him and his life: Gambling History 1)…

Alphonse "Al/Scarface" Capone Atlanta Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel California Casino History Charles "Lucky" Luciano Charles Carrollo Crimes / Violence / Punishment: Drugs / Narcotics: Sales Crimes / Violence / Punishment: Drugs / Narcotics: Trafficking Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Robbery / Theft / Embezzling Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Tax Evasion Ellsworth "Bumpy" Raymond Johnson Gambling History Gambling: Bookmaking Gambling: Dice Gambling: Illegal Gaming History Harlem--New York Inc. It Really Happened James "Whitey" Bulger John Lazia Kansas City Combine Kansas City--Missouri Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary (Leavenworth, KS) Los Angeles-California Louis "Lou" Rothkopf Lucchese Crime Family Massachusetts McNeil Island Corrections Center (WA) Meyer Lansky Mickey Cohen Missouri Murder National Crime Syndicate New York New York--New York Paul "Frankie" James Carbo Somerville--Massachusetts U.S. Federal Penitentiary U.S. Federal Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island (CA) United States Winter Hill Gang

5 Mobster-Gamblers Do Time in Alcatraz Prison

In addition to Alphonse (“Al”/”Scarface”) Capone, a handful of men separately involved in illegal gambling in the States wound up confined in the United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island for another crime. The maximum security, federal…

Allen Smiley Argyle Hotel (San Antonio, TX) Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Beverly Country Club (New Orleans, LA) California Casino History Colony Club (Gardena, CA) Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Falsely Claiming Citizenship Gambling History Gambling: Junkets Games / Races: Horse Racing Gaming History Garden of Allah (West Hollywood, CA) It Really Happened McNeil Island Corrections Center (WA) Meyer Lansky The Knickerbocker (New York, NY) Transamerica Wire Service

10 Intriguing Facts About Mobster/Gambler Allen Smiley

Allen Smiley “was one of the most powerful gangsters in [California],” wrote author Gerald Horne in Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950. He was Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel’s partner and best friend and subsequently, Johnny Rosselli’s* right-hand…

California Gambling: Bookmaking Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Internal Revenue Service Hy Goldbaum It Really Happened McNeil Island Corrections Center (WA) West Hollywood--California

Bookies’ Bookies Not So Good With Numbers

1945-1955 In the late 1940s, three bookies — or commissioners, as they preferred to be called — operated on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California under the name, Golden News Service. Hy Goldbaum, George Capri…