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III Bellingham, Washington: Ciro's Books. Yeshiva World, November 23, Archived from the original on April 22, Lansky had turned the desert over to Siegel.

But Siegel had turned it over to Moe Sedway and left for Hollywood. Lansky asked Siegel to watch Wilkerson's desert development.

Siegel, who knew Wilkerson and lived near him in Beverly Hills, was the obvious choice as a liaison, but Siegel wanted no part in the operation that would take him back to Nevada.

It meant leaving Beverly Hills and his playboy life. But at Lansky's insistence, Siegel consented.

In the mids, Siegel was lining things up in Las Vegas while his lieutenants worked on a business policy to secure all gambling in Los Angeles.

Throughout the spring of , Siegel proved useful. He obtained black market building materials. The postwar shortages that had dogged construction were no longer a problem.

At first Siegel seemed content to do things Wilkerson's way. His desire to learn about the project took precedence over his sportsman lifestyle.

It subdued his aggression. Under Wilkerson's tutelage, Siegel learned the mechanics of building an enterprise.

However, Siegel began to feel intimidated and paranoid. He grew resentful of Wilkerson's vision for the desert.

Tom Seward, a business partner of Wilkerson, described Siegel as "so jealous of Billy [Wilkerson] it drove him crazy".

Siegel began making decisions without Wilkerson's authority. Informing work crews that Wilkerson had put him in charge, Siegel ordered changes which conflicted with the blueprints.

The problem came to a head when Siegel demanded more involvement in the project. To keep the project moving, Wilkerson agreed that Siegel would supervise the hotel while Wilkerson retained control of everything else.

In May , Siegel decided the agreement had to be altered to give him control of the Flamingo. With the Flamingo, Siegel would supply the gambling, the best liquor and food, and the biggest entertainers at reasonable prices.

Siegel offered to buy out Wilkerson's creative participation with corporate stock — an additional 5 percent ownership in the operation Siegel later reneged.

He was also the largest principal stockholder in the operation, which defined everyone else merely as shareholders. William Wilkerson was eventually coerced into selling all stakes in the Flamingo under the threat of death, and went into hiding in Paris for a time.

From this point the Flamingo became syndicate-run. Siegel began a spending spree. He demanded the finest building that money could buy at a time of postwar shortages.

Adding to the budgetary over-runs were problems with dishonest contractors and disgruntled unpaid builders. As costs soared, Siegel's checks began bouncing.

The first indication of trouble came in November when the syndicate issued an ultimatum: provide accounting or forfeit funding.

But producing a balance sheet was the last thing Siegel wanted to do. Siegel waged a private fundraising campaign by selling nonexistent stocks.

He was in a hurry so he doubled his work force, believing the project could be completed in half the time. Siegel paid overtime. In some cases, bonuses tied to project deadlines were offered as a way to increase productivity.

By late November, the work was nearly finished. Under pressure for the hotel to make money, Siegel moved the opening from Wilkerson's original date of March 1, to December 26, in an attempt to generate enough money from the casino to complete the project and repay investors.

However, Siegel generated confusion with the opening date. On a whim, he decided a weekend would be more likely to entice celebrities away from home.

Invitations were sent out for Saturday, December Siegel changed his mind again and invitees were notified by phone that the opening had been changed back to the 26th.

According to later reports by local observers, Siegel's "maniacal chest-puffing" set the pattern for several generations of notable casino moguls.

Siegel's violent reputation didn't help his situation. After he boasted one day that he'd personally killed some men, he saw the panicked look on the face of head contractor Del Webb and reassured him: "Del, don't worry, we only kill each other.

Other associates portrayed Siegel in a different aspect; Siegel as an intense character who was not without a charitable side, including his donations for the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund.

With a goal of killing off many of New York's veteran gangsters, Siegel was one of four hitmen hired to execute Sicilian mobster Joe "the Boss" Masseria in In , Siegel relocated his bootlegging and gambling rackets to the West Coast.

Settling in California, he set up gambling dens and offshore gambling ships, while also consolidating the already existing prostitution, narcotics and bookmaking rackets.

Moving his wife and children out with him, Siegel maintained an extravagant lifestyle in Beverly Hills, where he bought a palatial estate, frequented parties and rubbed elbows with Hollywood moguls and starlets.

In the late s, Siegel began dating actress Virginia Hill. They were a striking couple known as much for their violent natures as for their glamorous looks.

In , the two moved to Las Vegas, where Siegel began working toward his dream of building a gambling mecca in the Nevada desert.

With funding from the Eastern crime syndicate, construction of the Flamingo Hotel and Casino began under Siegel's supervision.

When it was discovered that many of the overruns were attributable to Siegel's theft and mismanagement, Lansky now a prominent member of the Eastern syndicate became enraged by his betrayal.