25 years after 'Casino': a primer on some of Hollywood's Jewish gangsters
The film's protagonist is based on Frank Rosenthal, a real Jewish gambling expert from Chicago who had ties to the Chicago Outfit and eventually headed to Vegas to run casinos for them.
Robert De Niro as Ace Rothstein in a scene from the 1995 film "Casino."(photo credit: UNIVERSAL PICTURES)BySTEPHEN SILVER/JTA