Bernie Sindler

Bernie Sindler is a former card dealer, casino host, and investor in several casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. He came to Las Vegas in 1946 as the protégé of Meyer Lansky and worked alongside Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel at the Flamingo before Siegel's murder in 1947. Sindler was also a part owner of the Silver Slipper, Frontier, and Circus Circus casinos. In 2015 he published The Bernie Sindler Story: Life With Lansky, Siegel, and the Mob.

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Schwartz, David G. “Mob Protégé Bernie Sindler Tells All.” Vegas Seven. November 18, 2015. Accessed February 9, 2016. http://vegasseven.com/2015/11/18/mob-protege-bernie-sindler-tells/.