Bugsy Siegel, the man who made Vegas’ past might be an interesting thing to read about. Although leaning about Bugsy Siegel is not an important part of anyone’s education because he did not do anything to change the world to be a better place. Overall Bugsy found a new way to make money and he found a way to use it, so he did.
Effects that Bugsy Siegel accomplished was basically finding a way to make gambling addictive by making it worth money (U.S. History in Context). To complete this goal, he made the first ever hotel/casino. This hotel was named the Flamingo hotel and was the first of its kind. To build the hotel he spent six million dollars (U.S. History in context). Bugsy’s hotel, The Flamingo played a vast part in the development of Vegas and even though Bugsy Siegel is thought of as the man who made Vegas but he did not truly create Vegas. Bugsy was a mobster who found …show more content…
a way to earn money through gambling.
The life of Bugsy Siegel was an adventurous and dramatic life. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1906 on February 28 (http://www.biography.com) his bold life started. He grew up in a crime-ridden part of Williamsburg and was involved in numerous murders starting at a young age. Since he was involved in several murders that might lead you to believe he had some problems, which he did. His sociopathic way of life led him to become one of the founders and leaders of Murder, Inc. Also he had a wife and two children in New York who he left because he had an affair with a lady named Annette Bening.
Living a risky life, such as Bugsy will guarantee a mysterious or eccentric death.
There were several attempts made on his life until on June 20 in 1947 (U.S. History in Context) someone finally succeeded in the murder of Bugsy Siegel. The murder is still unsolved and there is no real evidence. The only known facts about his death is that he was shot in the head three times. Many people believe his death had something to do with his affair or the type of business he was in (http://articles.latimes.com). To this day his murder is still unsolved and the killer is unknown.
Overall Bugsy Siegel is not an important part of anyone’s education unless they want to understand how unfortunate of a life he truly had. All in all, his life revolved around horror and corrupt romance. The main accomplishment of Bugsy’s life is his hotel/casino, The Flamingo and introducing the idea of money making in the gambling world. In the end he truly did live an adventurous life but it did not actually change the world for a better place or even invent something respectable for the people of this
world.