Frank Rosenthal
Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal born on June 12, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois is a renowned sports handicapper and a former Las Vegas casino manager. He secretly ran the Stardust, Fremont and Hacienda casinos when it was controlled by the mafia. He was the first to bring a sports book into the casino, making the Stardust one of the world's leading centers for sports gambling.
After being forced out of Las Vegas, Rosenthal retired to San Diego, California and then to Boca Raton, Florida where he continues to handicap sports events, marketing his picks to gamblers through his own .
The Martin Scorsese film Casino based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi was based on Rosenthal's career in Las Vegas.
