You think Meyer Lansky was bad news on Boardwalk Empire?

Wait until you hear his real story!

Lansky did work for Arnold Rothstein and Dutch Schultz.

He advised for Joe the Boss Masseria.

When Luciano started the Commission, Lansky told them what to do with their money.

OnBoardwalk Empire, Meyer Lansky is played by Anatol Yusef.

Lansky would run a gaming empire out of Florida that would reach as far as Las Vegas and Cuba.

Lansky cut Nixon out of a deal on a casino in the Bahamas.

Lansky had a life-long love affair with Ponce de Leons fountain of youth state.

From Miami, Lansky gave marriage counseling to Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe.

Lansky would die in Miami at a ripe old age on Jan. 15, 1983.

I suppose thats aSPOILER.

Lansky told the Italian gang to go fuck themselves.

I was five years or so older than him and could have smashed him to pieces.

He was ready to fight.

His fists were clenched.

Lansky arrived in America in 1911 with his mother and his younger brother Jake.

Lanskys father was already living on Lewis Street on the Lower East Side.

Meyer Lansky came to New York from Grodno, Poland.

Jews were bullied everywhere in Europe, even America, but in America they could fight back.

In most areas of New York City and Brooklyn, Jewish and Italian neighborhoods border each other.

He explains it by saying hes from Delancey Street.

Italians and Jews first banded together to fight against Irish gangs.

Lansky, Siegel and Luciano guarded liquor shipments for Dutch Goldberg.

Lansky became a naturalized citizen in 1928.

The young gangsters were ahead of their time.

Years before anyone else was crossing ethic lines, Italians and Jews found a natural affinity in street crime.

When Luciano was inducted into the family of Joe the Boss Masseria, Lansky and Siegel advised and strong-armed.

Bugsy was one of the shooters from that decision.

They replaced the two Ms, Masseria and Maranzano, with three Ms: Moxie, Muscle and Money.

Meyer had them in surplus.

When the Commission was formed, Lansky was the financial advisor.

The first time Lansky was arrested, he was a teenager.

On Oct. 23, 1918, Lansky was popped for assault.

The first time Lansky saw the green felt of a crap table was at Arnold Rothsteins gambling clubs.

brought gambling out of the streets, he took them inside and laid out tables.

Mayer Lansky went on to become the king of illegal casinos.

Lansky set up gaming tables in Miami and Cuba.

Lansky was immediately on board with Siegels Las Vegas dream.

Even Lansky couldnt save Bugsy from that.

The only person who could tell Luciano to fuck himself was Lansky.

And he did it already.

He eventually turned himself in.

Lepke was the only mob boss ever to be fried in the electric chair.

When World War II ended, Lansky opened up the Colonial Inn casino in Miami with his brother Jake.

They expanded into Saratoga and Hollywood.

The Lansky brothers had to dump the Colonial Inn in 1948 when Florida cracked down on gambling.

Lansky went in on the Beverly Club just outside New Orleans with Frank Costello and Phil Kastel in 1946.

Lansky lost Havanas Riveriera Hotel to Fidel Castro.

The Riviera casino cost about $14 million to build and hadnt seen a profit yet.

It broke Lanskys heart and gave him an ulcer.

Lansky had a funny side.

Sinatra gave a priest $50,000 to use a church basement as a hideout.

Sinatra offered to play a million gigs for Giancana gratis if hed call off his dogs.

By the early seventies the FBI drove Lansky to seek refuge in Israel.

Nixon threatened to stop delivery on Phantom jets unless Prime Minister Golda Meir deported Lansky.

The Israeli Supreme Court told him: have you tried Buenos Aires?

Meyer Lansky was smart as well as tough.

He didnt get convicted on the tax evasion charges Nixon leveled at him in retaliation for the Bahama Casinos.

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