Holy crap. Did a little more searching on the Debartolo thing for kicks and it turns out a special agent believed Debartolo Sr., father of the 49ers' owner, took Meyer Lansky's place as mob financial adviser when Lansky started to lose his marbles.

Quote:
""In an earlier report, authored by Burda, the special agent wrote that he had developed source information indicating that 'Meyer Lansky, the financial wizard of OC [organized crime], is now considered by most to be almost senile and getting out of the business. His successor and new financial wizard is recognized as Edward J. DeBartolo.'"


http://www.brasscheck.com/stadium/moldea.html

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea