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{i} Bugsy Siegel, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906-1947), American mobster who opened up the first gambling casino in Las Vegas; 1991 film about Bugsy Siegel (starring Warren Beatty and Annette Bening)

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Bugsy Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906-1947), American gangster who opened the first casino in Las Vegas, member of the association of hit men known as "Murder Inc
Bugsy Siegel
a New York gangster (=member of a violent group of criminals) , who built the first large hotel and casino in Las Vegas in 1947, and made Las Vegas the most popular place for gambling (=playing games to win money) in the US (1906-47). orig. Benjamin Siegel born Feb. 28, 1906, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. died June 20, 1947, Beverly Hills, Calif. U.S. gangster. He began his career extorting money from Jewish peddlers on New York's Lower East Side. He joined with Meyer Lansky and began operating bootlegging and gambling rackets; they later formed the forerunner of Murder, Inc. In 1937 he was sent to develop rackets on the West Coast, and he soon set up gambling dens and ships, as well as narcotics smuggling and blackmail operations. In 1945 he built the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. Originally budgeted at $1.5 million, its cost was driven to $6 million through his skimming. This angered Lansky and other bosses, and Siegel was murdered in his home
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