July 13, 2025 • 4 mins
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"But there's more to the story. Lefty was a gambler, a Las Vegas casino executive, an organized crime associate, and an FBI informant. He was born in Chicago and got his start gambling at Wrigley Field. And when his family acquired racehorses, he learned the finer points of winning at the track. He was a phenomenal bookmaker, and that caught the interest of certain people in Cicero, and he worked for them."
"But there's more to the story. Lefty was a gambler, a Las Vegas casino executive, an organized crime associate, and an FBI informant. He was born in Chicago and got his start gambling at Wrigley Field. And when his family acquired racehorses, he learned the finer points of winning at the track. He was a phenomenal bookmaker, and that caught the interest of certain people in Cicero, and he worked for them."
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