How One Showgirl Became a Threat to the Las Vegas Mob

In the 1970s, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal was the most powerful non-Italian man in Las Vegas. He was the Chicago Outfit's manager, running the Stardust, Fremont, and Marina casinos, perfecting a skimming operation that funneled millions in untaxed cash out of Nevada to mob bosses in the Midwest. His empire was built on iron discipline, secrecy, and absolute control.

But Lefty’s wife, the beautiful former showgirl Geri McGee, was chaos personified.

This is the true story of how Geri’s tumultuous life—marked by addiction, volatile public fights, financial warfare, and unpredictability—didn't just destroy her marriage, but created an existential risk for the entire Mob empire.

Geri was not an informant. She was not a traitor. She was something far more dangerous: a woman who refused to be controlled. Her every public outburst, every financial scandal, and every act of defiance attracted the intense legal and media scrutiny that the secretive Midwest Mob desperately sought to avoid.

💰 The Empire of the Skim

We dive deep into the mechanics of the Mob's hidden control:

The Manager: The rise of Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, the brilliant sports handicapper who became the indispensable face of organized crime in Vegas.

The Rackets: How the skim worked inside the Stardust count room, and why its stability was the Chicago Outfit's greatest asset.

The Liability: The specific incidents that proved Geri was uncontrollable—from the safe deposit box theft to the custody disputes that brought police attention to Rosenthal’s front operations.

Geri McGee’s life and tragic end perfectly symbolize the collision between the glamorous facade of 1970s Las Vegas and the ruthless, violent criminal reality that lay beneath.

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