Before he was sent to the Middle East and Russia to negotiate peace, and before he floated the idea of Eric Adams becoming ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Steve Witkoff was on a very different mission involving Donald Trump.

In late 2022, the Trump Organization ran a golf course in the Bronx, and the Bally’s Corporation wanted it to be the site of its next casino. Witkoff helped broker the arrangement : $60 million for Trump’s business up front and $115 million if Bally’s actually won one of the three licenses to operate a casino in the New York City area. “ The deal was too good to refuse ,” Eric Trump told the New York Post .

It was also a long-shot bet. Eleven bidders, from Jay-Z to Miriam Adelson , were vying for those licenses, which were considered to be worth tens of billion

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