Meyer Lansky, Mogul of the Mob
Meyer Lansky grew up in a poor Jewish, immigrant household. Each week the family would scrimp and save to have the Sabbath meal, known as cholent. Each Friday night, young Lansky would take the meal to the bakery with a nickel to pay for the privilege of cooking the cholent. Each Friday night, Lansky would also walk past corner crap games. One week, Lansky, fascinated by the amount of money people were throwing around, bet his cholent nickel. Lansky was sure he would win and bring home much more money for his family. "I handed the money over to the banker, sure I was going to win – and to my dismay, I lost it!" Lansky recalled later.
Lansky promised himself he would never let his family down again and he would be a winner and beat them all. Lansky began to study the games and looked for the secret to win. Finally he figured it out, and began to win. He played the games for weeks all over the Lower East Side, amassing a small fortune that he kept......

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Title: Meyer Lansky
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