Courtesy photo
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel is captured in this 1928 New York Police mug shot. Siegel built the Flamingo Hotel in 1946. While the lavish hotel's opening on Dec. 26, 1946 was a disaster, the Flamingo began making money in the spring of 1947 -- paving the way for other mob run hotels on the Strip.
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