That pic of Lefty adjusting his tie, looked like Rodney Dangerfield.

I stood ten feet from him as a VIP guest watching him do his live TV show in Vegas. Sinatra was one of his guests that night. Quite the experience.

I miss the sound of real coins falling from slot machines and $1.99 ham and eggs. And don't forget the free drinks !

My Dad told me many years ago how the Casinos were so much better back in those days. He said you could get 5 star quality food for almost nothing and you didn't even have to be a big time gambler to do so.

I lived in Vegas for 17 years, and I met a few Geri McGees lol. After a while, any woman I met claiming to be “from Vegas”, I wanted nothing to do with. Not a perfect science, but better safe than sorry.

Casino is one of my favourite movies 🎬

The mafia didn't pay taxes on the skim but other than that they aren't different from the companies that own the casinos today. They take a bigger cut of the money and new rules gave the house a bigger edge.

Great segment! Casino made this guy larger than life lol

After Lefty's death in 2008 it was "revealed" by a Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist that he was a high-level FBI informant for much of his time in Vegas. I didn't include this in the video because there isn't really any supporting information that corroborates this claim and it has proven to be a very controversial topic amongst mob historians. But if you're interested in reading about it and forming your own conclusions here are 2 articles I found online detailing the accusations and what information Lefty potential gave the FBI. www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/jane-ann-morrison/lefty-rosenthal-was-an-fbi-snitch/ mafiahistory.us/rattrap/infachilles.html

Great job on these videos. I discovered this channel last night and watch 5 or 6 of them binge style and I'm back for more😂. Thanks again these really are great.

Yes sir! Love the short documentaries, Crime Time! Please keep them coming! 👍

Dig your content man, keep up the good work!

Again, good, thorough coverage. Thank you.

Lefty was born in 1929 which would have made him 40 in 1969. Johnny Hicks could not have been almost 30 years younger, unless he was 10 years old. Time...10.56

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Really good documentary thank you.

Love you channel and narrations bro, thanks for the interesting content to watch, keep up the good work!

I met a guy who used to go to a bar Lefty owned in Boca, he said the place had hot servers. Dude was looking over NBA spreads in the paper and Lefty came over to him and shared some knowledge. Told Dude to wager against west coast teams on the long east coast road trips. Lol.

That was a very clean interesting piece. Thank you so much.

just excellent, love learning all of the real history behind casino.

Straight from the film Casino! Love it!❤

I'm loving these documentaries and you do such a good job with research and your speaking! Thank you and keep the stories coming please!

You have made an excellent documentary OP, many, many details that were never in "Casino".

Good video 👍

Best most informative videos I’ve seen I never subscribe to channels. I’m gonna subscribe to this one.

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Rosenthal never had to wear 3” lifts.

That era was a fun time in Vegas, money everywhere, movie & singing stars everywhere. Every weekend the town filled up with gamblers and everything goes school teachers from CA. As a 23 year old 21 dealer in the stardust casino I was in heaven.

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Cullotta said that Lefty was good but his father was the master.

I lived and worked in Vegas in the early 70’s. A good friend, now deceased, worked 40 weeks a year at the Stardust lounge. For me personally, I thought Vegas was better back then. The lounges were a financial write-off….the owners didn’t care if they made a profit. The whole system was designed to make the high-rollers happy. If they lost big at the tables, they could see great entertainment in the lounges with comped drinks. In my opinion, Vegas sucks now….no free drinks, no free parking and you can’t walk on the strip without getting accosted by illegals pushing sex clubs. When I lived there prostitution was illegal in Clark County but was tolerated in the hotels so long as it wasn’t in your face. Street walkers were absolutely non-existent.

I had the opportunity to speak with Frank Rosenthal on numerous occasions when he would come into this business where I would be working an off-duty detail. At the time he was living in Boca and managing the bar/restaurant mentioned in the video. We talked about Vegas and the difference between then and when we spoke.

Tony Spilotro was 5’5

Good vids

Casino is probably one of the most accurate mob movies ever made. Almost everything that happened in the movie was fairly close to real life events.

First place I ever stayed at was the Tropicana in 1981-82. Sorry to see it go, and to see my A's go away from Oakland 😢

Very informative on mob gambling and casino dealings. Though I enjoyed the movie Casino i will never look at it the same again.

Straight to the point all facts

The trouble with greed is that it never knows when to stop!

Excellent detaiked story.

You should do a video on whitey bulger.

Love the film watched it many times the film is a classic and good to watch this to know the real people

I told him to take the food and beverage title and to lay low

I am completely fascinated about Lefty Rosenthal and his role in Vegas. Was he an FBI informant?? Don’t know exactly. It’s very interesting that Lefty was never indicted for the things going on in the casinos he supposedly ran. Maybe the mob intentionally kept him clean away from the illegal side of the operation like the skim in the count room and he was just a high level day to day operations manager for the casinos so he never got indicted and never had to testify in the various mob indictment cases like operation Strawman. I think it’s unlikely that he had no knowledge of what was going on. I believe Allen Glicks account of AG having his life threatened by the KC mob because he interfered with Lefty’s running of the casinos. I also believe that since the teamsters union was involved and Lefty was Chicagos guy at Argent that other mafia groups that also comprised the teamsters like KC and Milwaukee wanted their own guy running the Argent casinos and that created conflict as well. I believe it was Milwaukee boss Frank Balistreri who ordered Lefty’s car bombing in 1982 as a message to get out of town. I believe car bombings were Balistreris MO while Tony Spilotro would’ve just killed Frank and dug a hole in the desert. Frank and Tony kept their business separate and Frank was smart enough not to go upstairs and cause a beef to mafia higher ups about Tony sleeping with Lefty’s wife. Then there was the issue of Lefty having a TV show and making a huge scene at the Gaming control hearings. He was denied a license by the board after he made some heavy handed decisions that went against relatives of board members who had jobs at the casino. He created too much heat and needed to go. But why would he become an FBI informant? He’s not a made man and has no oath of loyalty to the mob so he has nothing to betray but if he was an informant why wasn’t he ever called to testify in a trial? Wouldn’t that be the value he had to the feds in the first place??

That was incredible

It's interesting how it's Balastreri they think bombed Rosenthal's car because the movie really kind of leaves you thinking Spilotro was behind it. Not sure this can ever be confirmed either way.

This guy is so off the hook smart, I'm talking about the youtube creator. This is not a perverse man, there is real sincerity and commitment. What admiration I have for True Crime Stories. The more with time. Definitely worth note!

Don't forget Tony & his brother were found dead in a hole In a cornfield

Do one on John Dillinger plss❤

He seemed like such a nice guy on Casino?!.

That one 100$ bill was rolled up for use 👀😆

I don’t know what casinos y’all be going too but I still be getting free drinks

Frank in the thumbnail looks like a sportscaster 🤗

Elcortez hotel in Vegas barber shop still there 2 floor and also vintage rooms unreal rooms must stay 1 night

Do a vid on micheal franzese

According to the movie Tony and his brother were buried alive.

According to the movie, he would figure out the different bounce you got from various basketball courts.

I notice how you drop these anecdotes about how Lefty ‘picked 7 out of 8 winners’ one day at the track and once he got to Vegas ‘he picked every winner of Monday night football’. The dude would gamble wager on 2 flies climbing a wall…. The law of averages says he’ll have his streaks. Doesn’t make him Rain man.

That comment was da same as saying, "No Comment"! That says enuff! Nuff Said!

Can you do Henry hill video

Enjoying the series however, using new $100 is a bit of a stretch.

I wonder if Lefty smoked as many ciggs as Deniro did in the movie. He smoked nearly every moment of every scene like they tried to make him appear more gangster than he really was. Scorsese really played up the anti-Semitic drama against Ace to appease Hollywood too. Great movie though

Great Video. Only it bothered me that alll those 100 dollar bills in the video were printed after he passed. They were diferent back then.

I luv that cause he soaked up everything like a spunge! When I saw Casino, I was blew away by this flick! Lefty was da man! I see why he was immortalized in Casino, he was a cash cow and could always make big money! Nuff Said!

Anybody could have made a movie out of this. Scorsese just sees great stories

Manager of Foods & Beverages

In the 1990's he managed an upscale bar in Boca Raton, Florida, Croqs, for his nephew,!!! ha ha. Very affable, but would never discuss Vegas with anyone,I was a vendor for that bar and liked him, but you never pushed it too far re: his history.

You change those numbers and ill know you fixed gambleing

Dont change the digit count

Nobody talks about "Fight club."

If this is true this scene with ant the agents and lefty needs to be in casino as a flashback.

I worked with Lefty at the Stardust in Las Vegas, he was an egomaniac and not very smart.

What year did Lefty Rosenthal win every Monday Night Football bet?

Strange Rfk forgot to look into anything to do with putting himself and his brother in office. It also slipped his mind that his father was one of the people he was claiming to be going after. Along with being how his family got it's money and power.

The feds have everything they need, all the power they could possibly have, to make arrests. Agents harassing him, pulling him over, threatening him, and turning into criminals themselves wasn't needed.

I’m starting to see a connection between R0senthal and Epste!n and Moss@d with this bribery thing

You left out he was an informant

Lefty's character was questionable if he discovered that his girlfriend had a list of telephone numbers and contact details of the high rollers who would give her a call and some money when they were in town, in exchange for a good time, and he STILL proposed and married her. I just don't understand it.

Wouldn't say he was completely powerless against Mr Kennedy

LEFTY vs. GINGER. Concerning Lefty's relationship with Ginger----let this be a lesson to all: no matter how much money you have, a beautiful woman will never respect/love you if you look physically like.. Lefty. At best, she'll love your money. This should be a life lesson.

Im surprised you didn't mention that after his death it was revealed that he was an FBI informant

Lefty kind of looks like Bill Maher

19:47 that's not the 1981 model

She was a working girl who men loved and threw big money to be wit' her! She couldn't be trusted at all! She still supported this former pimp she was still involved wit'! Lefty should of divorced her and stop being used! She was involved wit' Lefty's best friend and couldn't resist him at all! That was the only part of the movie I hated! But the only thing about that hearing is the guy who headed that should of been disqualified from being part of it because he was a client of Lefty! The movie is a mother Fucker and whoever is a movie buff like I am should have this as part of his collection like Goodfellas! Nuff Said!

Opens talking about the Las Vegas Strip, while showing vintage film of Fremont Street (Downtown). The rest of the content is very good.

Oh my goodness...Sharon Stone looks just like Leftys' wife!

I love the movie casino.

You guys still haven’t figured out who’s running this ‘nation.’

no mention of ace being a fbi informant eh, musta missed that part

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Not to nitpick but if lefty was born in 1929 and married in 1969 then he was 39 or 40 so johnny was probably 10-15 years younger not nearly 30.

People understand clearly more theories exist besides "random number generator" in the age of information. Not to the disrespectful, and seriously. Who is your mentor ? Why is he your mentor ? What did mentor teach you ?

Lets GO

Interesting and informative. Excellent still -motion pictures enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Lefty was a punk who turned gov't informant. Glad to know that his wife took him for a financial ride. Along with the Vegas gaming commission. The car 🚗 bombing convinced him to forever vacate Vegas. For not keeping under the radar.

Iceman next. 🥶

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Was Moe Green based on this guy?

🤩🇺🇸👍⚖️👁️👁️⚖️Very Interesting! Criminals & Crimials.