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Thursday, April 22 2021 - 00:05
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LAS VEGAS, April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

- MOB RELATED NFTS MUSCLE IN ON THE BLOCKCHAIN

Many well-known gangsters may be buried in the desert, or sleeping with the 
fishes, but the tools of their trade are alive, well and ripe for the taking, 
at least in the digital world. 

The founders of the Las Vegas Mob Experience, owners of the largest collection 
of authentic organized crime artifacts, memorabilia, photos and videos ever 
assembled, are relaunching their interactive experience with an added twist. 

Now simply "The Mob Experience," the company will be releasing select Signature 
items from its extensive collection through OpenSea for purchase as NFTs for a 
two week period beginning on April 22, 2021.  

Signature Artifact NFTs can be viewed at https://MobExperienceNFT.com. 

NFTs, or non- fungible tokens, have become the digital counterpart to all 
things collectable. Even those who have passed on can have their encrypted 
signatures kept alive on the blockchain.

The Mob Experience's initial release of 8 of its most precious artifacts in its 
NFT series will include such signature items as: 

    -- The only example of a Bugsy Siegal owned handgun,
 
    -- The only example of a Bugsy Siegel, handwritten letter, 5 pages
       long, to his wife about his family. The letter was written while
       he was traveling on a plane to Las Vegas, mere months before being
       murdered in his home, which is considered the most famous mob hit
       in history, 

    -- Meyer Lansky's Medal of Freedom, as awarded to Lansky by President
       Truman in a secret ceremony at the White House, for the Mob's
       helping the Allied Forces win WWII during Operation Husky and
       Operation Underworld,
 
    -- The only example of a handwritten letter, 3 pages long from Al Capone
       to his son, offering him life advice and describing his daily
       life in prison while serving out his sentence in Alcatraz,
 
    -- A mysterious letter from an FBI agent to Mob Boss, Jimmy
       "Blue Eyes" Alo, tipping off the Mob boss about a major investigation
       repaying his dying father's wishes to repay the favor, 

    -- Meyer Lanksy's jacket, tie, shirt and hat, as a set. The houndstooth
       jacket is the one matching his friend Bugsy Siegal's and the hat
       was worn by Meyer upon his return from Israel where he was
       arrested upon his arrival, 

    -- The notorious Mickey Cohen's brass knuckles, slightly used, and 

    -- Meyer Lansky's handwritten Diaries.

The idea to partner with The Mob Experience in converting the most coveted 
pieces of its collection into NFTs, was the brainchild of successful model and 
actor, turned entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor, Michael Evers. 

Mr. Evers, said "Never before has a museum quality collection been tied to the 
NFT market.  The opportunity for Mob fans and collectors, as well as NFT 
owners, to be the only one in the world to own an extraordinary and unique, One 
of a Kind piece of history is an exciting new first for the NFT marketplace." 
Evers continued, "Additionally, each owner of an NFT will have the opportunity 
to have their name or nickname on display in The Mob Experience's Las Vegas 
real world location alongside the actual physical artifact tied to the NFT they 
acquired." 

Jay Bloom, the original founder of the Las Vegas Mob Experience and current 
Chairmen of Pegasus Group Holdings, LLC. said "We are excited about the 
prospect of bringing ownership of these signature pieces as NFTs to the public 
and making them available to Mob and NFT fans worldwide.  Each piece in our 
collection of 1,500 artifacts is a one of a kind with a story to tell, so too 
are our initial NFT offerings each going to be a 1 of 1."

The Mob Experience plans to open its interactive, brick and mortar location in 
a Las Vegas venue during the first quarter of 2022, where the physical 
artifacts behind the NFTs will be prominently on display.  

Contact:
Carolyn Farkas
CFarkas@MobExperience.com
+1 702-378-4877      

SOURCE  The Mob Experience