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To the general public, Arnold Rothstein was a gangster about whom little is known. Usually his name only comes up when they talk about mafiosi like Meyer Lansky or Lucky Luciano and mention Rothstein as their mentor and investor. But this is only the first layer of the multifaceted personality of this Jewish businessman.

Peeling the onion, we first discover that Rothstein was involved in the ascent of at least a dozen leading Prohibition gangsters. It is then revealed to us that he was one of the biggest gamblers in the United States and had managed to “fix” the results of the World Series. But that's not all, digging deeper, we find evidence that Rothstein had serious political connections and was an intermediary between the authorities and the criminal community. And finally, he was one of the first to set up his own drug smuggling network.

Today we’ll discus a gangster who managed to turn everything he touched into money. He was a gambler, a casino owner, a bootlegger, a drug dealer, a loan shark, and every new enterprise would lift his net worth to a new level. And the more money he received, the more he invested, opening up new types of criminal activity and new ways to illegally make money. If you want to learn how one man managed to build the underworld of the 20th century, then meet Arnold Rothstein, on the other side of the law.

Original source:
"Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series"- David Pietrusza

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