Meyer Lansky was born on July 4th 1902 in Grodno Poland. While in school Meyer met a boy named "Lucky Luciano" who tried to shake Meyer down for protection money. Meyer refused to pay him any money and a brawl started, yet Meyer put up a good fight. After the altercation, Luciano became impressed with Meyer's fighing abilities and the two became very good friends.
In the 1920's Meyer met Ben "Bugsy" Siegel who eventually joined Meyer and Luciano to form the Five Points Gang. In 1931 Meyer helped Luciano kill his boss and allowing Luciano to hold the top position in the Masseria Crime Family. Luciano went on to form the National Crime Syndicate which had a board of directors including Meyer. Meyer made many friends within the circle and was a excellent negotiator who could always swing things his way.
Throughout the 1930s, Meyer set up many gambling operations in Florida, New Orleans, and Cuba. Although many other criminals tried to muscle in on his territory, Meyer was always able to crush their attempts using his strong connections all over the United States.
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