Editing Meyer Lansky (section)

===Cuban Revolution and flight to Bahamas (1959 and the 1960s)===
The 1959 [[Cuban Revolution]] and the rise of [[Fidel Castro]] changed the climate for mob investment in Cuba. On New Year's Eve 1958, while Batista was preparing to flee to the [[Dominican Republic]] before settling permanently in [[Francoist Spain|Francoist]] [[Spain]], where he died in exile in 1973, Lansky was celebrating the US$3 million he made in the first year of operations at his 440-room, US$8 million palace, the Habana Riviera. Many of the casinos, including several of Lansky's, were looted and destroyed that night. Lansky fled on January 7 to the Bahamas. In Nassau the [[Bay Street Boys]] were ruling.<ref name="mafia">{{Cite news |date=2024 |title=Mafia und Banken (1/3) - Die Pionierzeit - Die ganze Doku |url=https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/102289-001-A/mafia-und-banken-1-3/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=Arte |language=de}}</ref> On January 8, 1959, Castro and his revolutionaries took control of Havana, setting up a command post in the Hilton. The new Cuban president, [[Manuel Urrutia Lleó]], took steps to close the casinos. In October 1960, Castro nationalized all the island's hotel-casinos and outlawed gambling.

After the revolution, Lansky sought compensation for losses in Cuba from the U.S. government.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024|reason=Prior citations did not back up this claim.}}