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Benjamin Bugsy Siegel. (AP Photo, file)
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Date Taken: 17-Apr-1941 14:57:50Credit: AP
Title: Benjamin Bugsy Siegel
Caption: FILE - In this April 17, 1941 file photo shows Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel poses after his arrest in Los Angeles. A descendant of Al and Ralph Capone says in a new book that the two gangsters played a much bigger role in creating Nevadas gambling empire than Bugsy Siegel. Author Deirdre Marie Capone claims her great-uncle Al Capone and grandfather Ralph Capone lobbied the Nevada Legislature to legalize gambling in Prohibitions waning years, and opened the first upscale casino in Las Vegas long before Siegels Flamingo resort helped Sin City enter a new era as a full-fledged resort city in 1946. (AP Photo, file)
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