Partnership With Lansky
In 1929, Lucky Luciano, one of Masseria's lieutenants introduced Alo to Meyer Lansky. An old friend of Luciano's, Lansky was a valuable money-maker for Masseria's organization and Luciano wanted Alo to guard him. However, Luciano may have wanted Alo to also monitor Lansky (a claim reinforced in Vincent Teresa's My Life In the Mafia and The Last Mafioso by Ovid Demaris). Both Lansky and Alo were introverted, bookish men who wanted to become legitimate businessmen. The two mobsters quickly became friends.
When Alo first met Lansky, Alo was involved in a setting up a casino in the town of Hallendale, Florida (now called Hallandale Beach). Immediately realizing that Alo would be perfect for this venture, Meyer invited him to become a partner. When Lansky and Alo arrived in Florida, they immediately started making contributions to local fraternal organizations and secret payments to politicians and law enforcement.
When they opened their first casino in Hallendale, Alo and Lansky faced no government or public opposition. Business was so good in the first casino that Alo and Lansky soon opened a second one in Hallendale. This cooperative relationship between the town and the mob would continue uninterrupted until 1947. As the town's economy became more diversified, public embarrassment about the illegal gambling increased. At that point, Alo and Lansky closed their two Hallandale casinos and started planning for casinos in Cuba.
Alo was also very active in Las Vegas. He was a partner with Moe Dalitz and Lansky in Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn. In 1985, after Lansky's death, Wilbur Clark introduced Alo as his "uncle" ("Gumba") or protector, and said that they could arrange certain benefits for businesses that needed help in Las Vegas. He continued his reading habits until his death and often talked about the books that Alo and his friends were reading in their book club in Hollywood, FL.
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