Local, Upstate New York bookies and cops persuaded him to take his talents away from Chemung County.
Late bloomer, 19 year old Max Steingrout exalted in the exhaust fumes of the Las Vegas Trailways bus station.
Birdie Wallace noticed him immediately. He had seen a hundred, a thousand of kids like him. He was just what he was looking for.
Max hid his money in his shoes and his socks in his pants.
Tijuana, Mexico – 1992
After his inglorious expulsion from Las Vegas, Max disappeared south of the border.
The US dollar was strong and, for a while, he lived like a king. He immersed himself in the culture.
He drank, drugged, smoked, whored & gambled on cock fights.
He became one with the Mexican people & they became one with him.
He learned the language.
After the money was gone, during the day, he picked fruit with the small children and old women.
They called him El Perezoso which means: “The Fast Picker.”
At night he would pick the fruits of Tijuana’s daughters.
Later, the fathers, pimps or young Mexican suitors would pick fights with him.
They say it’s darkest right before the dawn and in Max’s case it’s true. In 1986 luminary, Jake “The Fizz” Fizzario (RIP) shot across the Las Vegas desert sky intersecting and brightening Max Steingrout’s life.
Together, they turned Las Vegas upside down with “The System,” culminating in Max Steingrout’s wrongful (& illegal) entry into The Black Book in 1991.
The Fizz (RIP) was done. Max was done. “The System” was done and, in Max’s opinion: Las Vegas was done.
The corporate takeover was complete. The last vestiges of Meyer Lansky’s crew were run out of town with Lefty Rosenthal & Co.
TCh NBA Locks ™-
Detroit +6.5 @ Cleveland L
Brooklyn -5.5 @ Orlando L
Toronto -13 vs Philadelphia L
Charlotte +5.5 @ Washington W
Atlanta -7.5 vs Boston W
Miami +4.5 @ Memphis W
Indiana -2 @ Milwaukee P
Chicago -2.5 @ Minnesota W
New Orleans +6.5 vs Phoenix W
Houston -1.5 @ Denver L
Portland -13 vs Sacramento L
OKC +3 @ LA Clippers W
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