Arnold Rothstein

Arnold Rothstein (1882–1928) was an American gambler and organized-crime figure who exerted major influence over New York City’s underworld during the early 20th century.

Meyer Lansky: Meyer Lansky was an American organized-crime figure who helped build a national criminal network in the 20th century. Lansky was later described as learning gambling and criminal business methods from Rothstein.
1919 World Series: The 1919 World Series was a championship between the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds, later associated with a game-fixing scandal. Rothstein was accused of financing the scheme, though evidence tying him to its operation remains disputed.
Illegal gambling: Illegal gambling is wagering conducted in violation of laws or regulations governing games, betting, or lotteries. Gambling furnished Rothstein’s principal business and a source of influence over clients and rivals.
American Mafia: The American Mafia is a network of Italian-American organized-crime families that developed across the United States. Rothstein’s business methods and political connections anticipated practices later used by Mafia leaders.
Lucky Luciano: Lucky Luciano was an Italian-American mobster who helped organize the modern American Mafia. Luciano’s rise followed the older underworld order Rothstein had helped shape.
Black Sox Scandal: The Black Sox Scandal was the fixing of the 1919 World Series by members of the Chicago White Sox. The scandal cemented Rothstein’s public image as a gambler able to manipulate major sporting events.
Bookmaking: Bookmaking is the business of accepting and paying wagers, especially on horse races and sporting events. Rothstein’s betting operations depended on taking wagers and managing the risks they created.
National Crime Syndicate: The National Crime Syndicate was a proposed alliance of American organized-crime figures spanning ethnic groups and cities. Rothstein’s cross-ethnic partnerships foreshadowed the cooperative underworld networks associated with the syndicate.
Dutch Schultz: Dutch Schultz was a New York gangster who controlled bootlegging and illegal gambling during Prohibition. Schultz operated in the New York underworld Rothstein had influenced.
Rothstein murder: Arnold Rothstein was shot in Manhattan in November 1928 and died two days later; the killing was never conclusively solved. His unsolved killing ended his personal control of a powerful gambling operation.

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Monk EastmanRelated: Rothstein represents the more businesslike criminal order that followed the street-gang era Eastman embodied.