So perhaps Sonny was not that bad a Don! after all
Sonny as acting Don foresaw the Family's future, bankrolled the casino/hotel and sent Fredo over to “learn the casino businessâ€
In a long-ago thread, I argued that Sonny, for all his hot-headedness, made a level-headed, strategic move in sending Fredo to Nevada to learn the casino business and (as we learned later) bankrolling Moe Green. He arranged for Fredo's safety and he planted a stake in what was to become an enormous, booming industry. That stake had an IOU attached to it.
I should have known, Turnbull, this wouldn't escape your eye!
What did Moe Greene think the arrangement [IOU] was though
Greene seemed to think indignantly his 'favour' of taking Fredo in, when the Corleones were having a bad time, squares the deal and he owes nothing
Greene kept referring to the casino / hotel as
his “You think you [Michael] can come to
my hotel and take over?†Greene had already talked to and can make a deal with Barzini and still keep
his hotel
If the Corleones bankrolled Greene's casino / hotel because they couldn't get their own licence due to their unsavoury reputation, Moe Greene's reputation was not much better! “I made my bones when you [Michael] were going out with cheerleaders!â€
How did Greene get the licence?
If not who was 'fronting' the casino / hotel
