Morris Barney Dalitz was an American gangster, businessman, casino owner, and philanthropist.
11 Facts About Moe Dalitz
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Moe Dalitz was one of the major figures who shaped Las Vegas in the 20th century.
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Moe Dalitz was often referred to as "Mr Las Vegas".
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Moe Dalitz worked in his family's laundry business early on, but began his career in bootlegging when Prohibition began in 1919, and capitalized on his access to the laundry trucks in the family business.
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For part of its ten-year run, Moe Dalitz ran The Pettibone Club, an illegal gambling hall that operated in far southwest Geauga County, Ohio from 1939 to 1949.
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Moe Dalitz enlisted in the Army in World War II on June 25,1942 and rose in rank from private to first lieutenant.
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The last casino that Moe Dalitz owned was the Sundance Hotel Casino.
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In 1982, Moe Dalitz received the "Torch of Liberty" award from the Anti-Defamation League.
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Moe Dalitz was married to Averill Moe Dalitz; the couple had one daughter, Suzanne.
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Moe Dalitz married Averill Knigge in the early 1950s, and they lived together in a home at the Desert Inn Hotel in Las Vegas, they had a daughter Suzanne Moe Dalitz in May, 1957.
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Moe Dalitz lived with Barbara Schick until Schick's death in 1986.