Arnold Rothstein, the American gambler and underworld figure who was rumored to be the mastermind behind the fixing of the 1919 World Series, was murdered in a hotel room in New York while playing poker, supposedly for welching on a large bet he lost at the table.
Cool Fact: In 1919, Rothstein allegedly paid a number of players from the Chicago White Sox $80,000 to throw the game and lose the World Series.
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