Bugsy Siegel and the Mob arrive in Las Vegas (a history)

click below to view this clip in high quality: www.youtube.com Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 June 20, 1947) arrives in Las Vegas to set up the Trans America race wire service, gets a piece of the El Cortez, and then develops the Flamingo Hotel and Casino after buying it from Billy Wilkerson. interview clips with Eugene P. Moehring (at start of clip), Nicholas Pileggi, John L. Smith, and Brian Greenspun. Nevada marriage and divorce laws, The

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