I've read that Binion was the top bootlegging/gambling boss in Dallas in 20/30s, but the source seemed to be based more upon rumor and myth.

What is certain he had some kind of a relationship to Dragna. When Louie Strauss tried to shake down Binion in the early 1950s, Binion went to Dragna for help, who summoned Strauss to a meeting in LA. Once he arrived in LA Jimmy Fratianno and Frank Bompensiero killed him.

This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this, hey, thats great. But it's very, very unpredictable. There are so many ways you can screw it up.-Paul Castellano (he would know)

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