Frank Rosenthal Casino
Frank Lawrence 'Lefty' Rosenthal (1929-2008) was a Las Vegas, Nevada casino executive with ties to organized crime. Although not licensed by the Gaming Commission, he managed the Stardust, Fremont, Hacienda, and Marina casinos during the 1970s and 1980s. He is also credited with bringing sports bookmaking into casinos and introducing female blackjack dealers. In 1988, he was added to the Nevada Gaming Commission’s Black Book and banned from all Nevada casinos. Robert DeNiro played a fictionalized version of Rosenthal, called 'Ace Rothstein,' in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino.
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The Tangiers Was A Combination Of 3 Vegas Casinos. As mentioned earlier, The Tangiers Hotel. Frank Lawrence “Lefty” Rosenthal was the first to bring sports betting into a U.S. Casino, in 1976, at the Stardust. Rosenthal was the first casino operator in Las Vegas to have female blackjack dealers. This casino “innovation” doubled the Stardust’s income in one year. The plot was inspired by the real-life story of Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal who managed the Fremont, Hacienda, and Stardust casinos in Las Vegas for the Chicago mob back in the 1970s and 1980s. Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal was a mob associate who operated Las Vegas casinos on behalf of the Chicago Outfit bosses in the 1970s. Rosenthal was made famous through actor Robert De Niro's character, Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, in the 1995 movie Casino. In the 1970's, Frank Rosenthal hosted a top-rated television variety show direct from the world famous Stardust Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Every show was nothing short of spectacular as Frank was joined by a galaxy of Las Vegas brightest stars, TV.
Lefty Rosenthal Las Vegas Home
Carlson, Michael. 'Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal.' The Guardian. October 20, 2008. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/21/usa
