Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal Dies

October 14th, 2008

The infamous Las Vegas casino operator (when the mob ran the Strip), inventor of the present-day race and sports book, and inspiration for a Martin Scorsese film died yesterday at the age of 79.

For a guy nicknamed “Lefty”, he was actually right-handed.

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