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  Frank Rosenthal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frank is also known as one of the leading sports bettors in the world as he has the ability to predict the outcome of sporting events through his knowledge and statistical analysis of the sports world.
Rosenthal earned the nickname "Lefty" during a Supreme Court hearing where he pleaded the Fifth Amendment 37 times, not even revealing whether or not he was left-handed.
Rosenthal (renamed "Sam 'Ace' Rothstein" in the fictionalized account) was played by Robert De Niro and his associate Anthony Spilotro (renamed "Nicky Santoro") was played by Joe Pesci.
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 frontline: easy money: Interview: Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal | PBS
Rosenthal: It's the only industry that I'm aware of in the world where the player really has virtually no chance, and the only industry in the world where the [pre-]requisite need not be knowledge competency; the only pre-requisite is the license.
Rosenthal: I'm not sure if it's a question of being greedy or a combination of greed and the fact that the government or the state is unaware of really what gambling is all about.
Rosenthal: When I was a kid growing up in Chicago, if you walked around with a...card in your hand, you were subject to be arrested or harassed, at least, and you were certainly not very well thought of.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gamble/interviews/lefty.html   (8521 words)

  
 Geraldine McGee Rosenthal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When Frank met Geri, she had been hustling in Las Vegas for close to eight years.
Frank Frank and Geri were married on May 1st 1969.
Rosenthal died from a drug overdose in the early 1980s.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Casino at Epinions.com
Frank also recounts a story of when he went to go see how she hustled, Geri was throwing dice for a rich Texan.
Frank states that while everyone in the casino was on the floor grabbing chips, he and Geri were the only ones standing, he fell in love.
In interviews Frank Rosenthal says that while there were problems in the marriage, he cared for her deeply and tried to make things work.
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 Anthony Spilotro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Another suspect in the murders is Frank "The German" Schweihs, an extortionist, convicted burglar and alleged Chicago assassin with two felony murder charges pending against him while he is suspected of at least seventy-three others including The Spilotros, Allen Dorfman of The Teamster's Pension Fund and a former girlfriend.
Frank was arrested by the FBI on December 22nd 2005.
When he gained control of Vegas, he also murdered Frank “the Bomp” Bompensiero, who was the consigliere of the "Mickey Mouse Mafia" (Cosa Nostra Family in California), but may have been cooperating with the FBI and viewed as an embarrassment to the bosses in the Midwest.
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 The Free Information Society - Frank Rosenthal Biography
Frank Rosenthal was tapped to run the new Stardust Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from the 60s through the early 80s.
Frank survived with minor injuries because of a strong metal shield underneat the driver's seat.
Frank Rosenthal was portrayed by Robert De Niro in the film "Casino" and a book was written on his life by Nicholas Pileggi.
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 Hall of Fame - Casino.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rosenthal ran four Las Vegas casinos-including the world famous Stardust Hotel and Casino-and his life was surrounded by myths and rumors.
Rosenthal is viewed as one of the greatest living experts on sports gambling, and is one of the legends that has made Las Vegas what it is today.
The blueberries and the muffins was Frank Rosenthal.
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 Frank Rosenthal
Rosenthal: It's unlikely that you will remember me. I met you at Crocs 3 years ago on a Tuesday night which was Ladies Night.
Rosenthal, Having just recently seen the movie Casino and learning more about the facts I wonder if you would be willing to draw comparisons between the artists and the true life characters?
Rosenthal, I am an actress in Los Angeles and I am extremely passionate about the work that I do.
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 Welcome to www.dailyrecord.com - Morris County, New Jersey - NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Johnson was preparing to sculpt Morris Frank and his guide dog, Buddy and he wanted to know how it feels for a blind man to walk down the street and put all his trust in a dog.
Rosenthal hopes that Frank's visible presence in the center of town will serve as a reminder of the obstacles that Frank overcame and how a guide dog gave him independence.
Frank died in 1980 at the age of 72.
www.dailyrecord.com /news/articles/news1-seeingeye.htm   (991 words)

  
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In an interview with The Herald earlier this year, Rosenthal admitted one of the more violent scenes in that movie was true: He ordered his security crew to crush the right hand of a card cheat with a rubber mallet after the cheat was caught in one of Rosenthal's casinos.
Although Rosenthal has always denied he was the Mafia's frontman in Nevada, the Nevada Gaming Commission in 1988 banned him from ever operating another casino there.
No one suggested Posada or Rosenthal had anything to do with the Kennedy assassination, but their relationship is nevertheless curious.
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 Exclusion/Ejection List-Rosenthal
Rosenthal was suspected of overseeing a Las Vegas casino on behalf of organized crime interests and directing the skimming of funds from the casino.
In 1982, Rosenthal survived a car bombing in a failed attempt on his life.
Rosenthal now resides in Florida, the book and movie "Casino" chronicles his life.
gaming.nv.gov /loep_rosenthal.htm   (64 words)

  
 United States v. Cerone 830 F 2d 938 (8th Cir. 1987)
During the period 1976 to 1979, Rosenthal had various widely publicized problems with the Nevada licensing authorities, who considered him to be unsuitable for working as a key employee of a casino.
The conspirators were concerned that Rosenthal's problems might jeopardize their interests in Las Vegas casinos and in the skimming operations, and they had numerous conversations about replacing Rosenthal.
Uncontradicted evidence showed that Frank Rosenthal obtained a managerial position with Argent, that he directed the skimming operation at the casinos and that he acted at the direction and for the benefit of the conspirators.
www.ipsn.org /court_cases/us_v_cerone_1987-10-08.htm   (7576 words)

  
 Health Sciences Personnel - Frank S. Rosenthal
Frank S. Rosenthal, Ph.D. studies the lung deposition of inhaled particles as it relates to inhalation toxicology and diagnosis of lung disease.
Rosenthal F.S., The distribution of inhaled particles in aerosol measurements of pulmonary airspace size.
Rosenthal F.S., Aerosol measurement of airspace diameter correlates with morphometry in normal and papain-exposed air dried lungs.
www.healthsciences.purdue.edu /people/?uid=frank   (341 words)

  
 Frank Rosenthal - Casino Movie - Free Sports Picks - Free Live Odds - Sportsbook & Casino Information
There are three kinds of people—those who don't know who Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal is, those who are honored to be in his presence, and those who whisper nervously when they catch sight of him.
It is the reaction Rosenthal experiences when he enters Prime 112 restaurant, the expensive steak house he frequents almost every day in Miami Beach...
Rosenthal is also credited with creatingthe first Race & Sportsbook (Parlor) in Las Vegas.
www.frankleftyrosenthal.com   (453 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Where I Stand -- Myram Borders: Numerous stories led to molding of
Rosenthal was a high-profile figure in the cosmos of Las Vegas power brokers at the time.
Rosenthal, who didn't like the "Lefty" nickname, always had been accessible to the media.
Even in a near-death experience, Frank Rosenthal, normally well-pressed, dapper and talkative, kept his cool and kept his own counsel.
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 AmericanMafia.com 26 Mafia Cities - Milwaukee, WI
     Frank Balistrieri, known as “Frankie Bal” to his criminal cohorts, is seen as the most well-known crime boss of Milwaukee.
Frank Balistrieri would be hit with one indictment after the other.
Frank Balistrieri arranged a plea agreement that called for him to serve thirteen years in a federal prison.
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 frontline: easy money: Tapes & Transcripts | PBS
FRANK FAHRENKOPF: George Washington's army was clothed and their rifles and bullets were bought with gaming revenue and that gaming revenue was from state lotteries put together-- well, they weren't state, they were colony lotteries that the 13 colonies put together to raise money to arm their civilians to fight the revolutionary war.
FRANK ROSENTHAL: The state is encouraging, the state is an advocate, and the state is creating the interest by advertising to the public, "Gamble.
FRANK ROSENTHAL: I don't think we recognize, any of us, how dangerous the growth and expansion of gambling is. Ninety nine and nine tenths percent of the public, including myself, have two chances.
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Frank is still around, living in Florida these days.
When Rosenthal went to trial, he was represented by Oscar Goodman.
Frank is > still around, living in Florida these days.
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 The Bettors Corner
Frank Rosenthal is famous for being the man who had brought race & sports book-betting to Vegas - an acheivement that made him a true visionary in Nevada history.
Frank was once a "feature" columnist for both the Las Vegas Sun and Las Vegas Valley Time newspapers.
Every show was nothing short of spectacular as Frank was joined by a galaxy of Las Vegas brightest stars, TV and Hollywood celebrities, sports champions and handicappers.
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 Black Book - Part 2
Frank Rosenthal was played by Robert DiNero in the film Casino.
During the 1960s and through the early eighties, Frank Rosenthal ran four Las Vegas hotels and casinos simultaneously, including the world famous Stardust Hotel and Casino.
Frank Rosenthal is also credited with creating the first Race and Sportsbook (Parlor) in Las Vegas.
www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /spotlight/lasvegas/blackbookfrankrosenthal.htm   (561 words)

  
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He understood Frank Rosenthal, better than I thought he did, but then he did not direct the movie.
Frank: I would admit, acknowledge, or confess to you that I am an absolute perfectionist, no matter what it is. I haven’t changed and I never will.
Rosenthal, what do you mean by the hard way?" I said, "I want him to go out feet first.
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 reviewjournal.com -- Living - TOURISTS WANT TO KNOW: Wise Guide
Spilotro, his relationship with Rosenthal on the decline, was the prime suspect.
The site of an argument during which Frank Rosenthal claimed his wife, Geri (who was suspected of having an affair with Tony Spilotro), tried to shoot him on Sept. 8, 1980.
Shortly afterward, Frank Rosenthal said, police accompanied Geri to the First National Bank (formerly at 2780 Las Vegas Blvd. South), where she emptied three safety deposit boxes of documents, $150,000 in cash and $1 million in jewelry and left town.
www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2006/Apr-30-Sun-2006/living/6925787.html   (1296 words)

  
 Katherine Frank, 95, was sculptor, longtime volunteer
Frank, 95, was the widow of the late John J. Frank, president of the Frank Tea and Spice Co.
Frank grew up in Cincinnati where she went through the University School, then received a degree in art history from Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Memorials: John J. and Katherine R. Frank Fund, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, 200 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati 45202 or a charity of the donor's choice.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/01/03/loc_otherobit03.html   (235 words)

  
 Meredith Rosenthal, Associate Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Most recently, Dr. Rosenthal has been collaborating on a study involving interlocking national surveys of health benefit purchasers and health plans to examine efforts to improve the value of health care, including the use of pay-for-performance, tiered networks, and public reporting of quality information.
Rosenthal is also working on an evaluation of the uptake and impact of health risk appraisals (HRAs) in a large national health plan.
Finally, Dr. Rosenthal has begun to examine the implementation of a set of strategies designed to improve the value of health care spending in a Preferred Provider Organization model plan (“the PPO”, hereafter) that insures low-wage workers in a single metropolitan area.
www.hsph.harvard.edu /faculty/MeredithRosenthal.html   (741 words)

  
 The Purdue Exponent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Frank Rosenthal, an associate professor in the School of Health Sciences, has two sons in a local Boy Scout troop.
But first, Rosenthal said, he’ll be satisfied when the Sagamore Council issues a statement saying they will not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
Rosenthal said he will keep his sons in scouting, an organization he believes promotes many positive values, as long as there are people speaking out against the policy banning homosexuals.
www.purdueexponent.org /2000/08/21/city   (589 words)

  
 Deconstructing Lefty: The trickster meets Oedipus
Rosenthal was the mob’s “inside man” at the Stardust, but Rosenthal is Jewish and, thus, “could never be a member of the organization [La Cosa Nostra]” and did not need to abide by the protocol of La Cosa Nostra (Pileggi 1995: 43).
Lefty Rosenthal exhibits trickster traits, and the stories told by Pileggi and Roemer appear to be trickster narratives.
Frank is, in the words of Deleuze and Guattari, “recaptured.” The positive side of Las Vegas is its meaninginglessness; the negative aspect is its tendency to “reterritorialize” subjects.
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 :: rogerebert.com :: People :: De Niro, Pesci, Scorsese Tell a Shocking Mob Story in 'Casino' (xhtml)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rosenthal, who is called by his real name in the book and becomes Ace Rothstein in the somewhat fictionalized movie (which opens Nov. 22), was a Chicago bookmaker who was a genius at picking winners and figuring all of the odds having to do with gambling.
Meanwhile, the real Lefty Rosenthal lives in comfortable retirement, banned forever from returning to the casinos - but alive, which is something, considering that the film opens with a shot of his Cadillac being blown up with him inside.
Rosenthal has a lot he can be proud of, Scorsese said.
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 Las Vegas Interesting Facts
Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal inspired one of the leading characters in the "Casino" book and movie (performed by Robert de Niro), though the story doesn't speak the entire truth, he says.
Partially, he has made his apprenticeship with Frank Rosenthal.
Rosenthal himself describes him as a "a very skilled mind".
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