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A gangster made grass grow in the desert an oasis out of sand, brush, and nothingness. Dusty old highway 91 cut right through the heart of Las Vegas, a mean, miserable town on the periphery of civilization when New Yorkhoned Bugsy Siegel was sent west in 1943 by Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello, the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Board of Big Apple organized crime, respectively.In the hot desert sun, the mobs advance man drew up a bold and imaginative plan to lure the high rollers from the West Coast and great Southwest a sin capitol on the scale of Havana, Cuba, the haven of eastern gamblers, crime bosses, and thrill seekers until Fidel Castro put an end to everyones good time by winning a revolution in the Winter of ‘59. Lansky, the financial genius of Charlie Lucky Lucianos powerfully fluid New York City operation, traveled to Havana in 1938 to finalize a deal with Fulgencio Batista to assume control of gambling operations shortly after the U.S. Government backedCuban dictator seized the two casinos from the local military which had no idea of how to run this kind of business. The Cuban Army ran the casinos for nearly two years but the profits were not to Batistas liking, so he invited his American friends down to his Caribbean hacienda to help straighten things out.Under the astute Lanskys tutelage, the Cuban gambling Mecca flourished like never before. The island nation became a most popular destination point for American cafe society, show biz stars, and high rollers who flocked to the majestic Hotel Nacional overlooking the entrance of Havana Harbor. Lansky built a casino inside the walls with the help of International Hotels, Inc. a Pan Am subsidiary, marking the first but certainly not the last time a legit corporation entered into a partnership with a fastonthemove mobster.

 

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