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Financier Saul Silberman Built a Gambling Empire on Track Bets
The Baltimore born investor Saul Silberman rose from a teen dreamer to a major race track owner owner of Tropical Park in Miami with 92 percent stock and a fortune nearing 12 million dollars. His ventures included Cleveland tracks and the Cleveland Browns, as profits surged. He opened Tropical Park’s winter season while rivals Hialeah and Gulfstream competed. his daily bets reached seven thousand five hundred eight dollars at times.
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Saul Silberman
Mr. Silberman
Mr. S
Silbermans
Hollins Street
Baltimore
Saul
Silberman
Louis
Birmingham
Davis
Cincinnati
Maryland
F.H.A
Randall Park
Cleveland
Ralph de Chiaro
Painesville
Ohio
Cleveland Browns
Tropical Park
Miami
Florida
Gold Coast
Gene Mori
Hialeah
Jim Donne
Gulfstream
Havre de Grace