Major Riddle

Major Arteburn Riddle[1] (born 1906 or 1907; died July 8, 1980)[2] was an American businessperson who owned several casinos in the Las Vegas area.

[3] By 1936, he was involved in an Indianapolis-area nightclub with illegal gambling, which was linked to mobster Al Capone and his Chicago Outfit.

[2] Riddle and his co-investors substantially expanded the hotel using loans from the mob-influenced Teamsters pension fund.

[9] He was also noted for booking the first topless showgirl revue in Las Vegas, Minsky's Follies, into the casino.

[19] Riddle died on July 8, 1980, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, from pneumonia after suffering from a rare blood disease.