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Mobsters


Those Involved in Gambling

The Mobsters featured on Gambling-History.com all were affiliated somehow with gambling somewhere in the world and meet at least one of these criteria:

They were part of the Italian-American organized crime syndicate.

Examples: Al Capone, Santo Trafficante, Frank Costello, Vincent Alo, Lucky Luciano

They were allied Jewish-American racketeers.

Examples: Meyer Lansky, Benjamin Siegel, Mickey Cohen, Gus Greenbaum, Moe Dalitz

They were members of a band of criminals.

Examples: Purple Gang, Chesterfield Syndicate, Third Ward Gang, Barker-Karpis Gang, Waxey Gordon ring

They seemingly were lone operators, without obvious organizational affiliation, who acted thug like and committed crimes.

Examples: Benny Binion, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, Bernie Einstoss

They were known associates of the underworld but had the outward appearance of being clean, such as casino fronts.

Examples: Wilbur Clark, Allen Glick, Edward Levinson, John Drew

Read more compelling stories about these underworld denizens on the Mobsters Blog page.

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