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Marisa Lankester
Marisa J. Lankester (born March 23, 1963) is an American memoirist. In 1986 Lankester moved to Los Angeles, California to work for Ron ('The Cigar') Sacco in his illegal bookmaking operation, and in doing so, became his first female employee. Sacco's United States operations allegedly reached over $1 Billion per year and was the largest sports betting operation in the country, if not the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Danno Hanks & Fred Valis bust the largest book-making operation in history.wmv )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=17 Arrested in Raids on Alleged Bookmaking Ring )〕 In 1987, Sacco's Los Angeles headquarters were raided. Lankester was arrested twice in Los Angeles and once in Shasta County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=$40-Million-a-Year Bookie Ring Broken )〕 In 1988, Lankester relocated with Sacco's operation to the Dominican Republic. In January 1992, the FBI and Dominican police raided the Sacco headquarters in Santo Domingo and Lankester was again arrested, though later released. The operation re-opened and Lankester remained on the Island bookmaking until 1994. In 1997, she returned to college in the United States, studying at Marymount Tarrytown College. She eventually settled in Switzerland. Now an author, Lankester detailed her memoirs in ''Dangerous Odds''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dangerous Odds: My Secret Life Inside an Illegal Billion Dollar Sports Betting Operation: Marisa Lankester: 9783906196008: Amazon.com: Books )〕 and became the winner of three notable book awards in 2014. She also remains active on debates surrounding US gambling laws. In February 2015, Lankester's memoirs were optioned by Hollywood Studio Warner Bros to become a major motion picture starring Margot Robbie as Marisa Lankester (''refer below'').
==Early years==
Lankester was born in Rome, Italy, to a German mother, Gerda Ella Bury, and a British father, Charles John Lankester, who was working for the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. In 1969, Lankester's father was transferred to the United Nations headquarters in New York and settled his family in Westchester County, situated approximately 30 miles north of Manhattan. During her teenage years, Lankester was a student at the all-girls Roman Catholic independent Ursuline School. In 1983, two years after graduation, Lankester enrolled at Marymount Manhattan College to study Fine Arts, and later transferred to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (BC).
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