You could argue that bootleggers committed illegal acts (more on that later), but you could also argue that Prohibition helped turn these young men into businessmen for the improvement of society afterwards. During Prohibition, people began smuggling alcohol and dispersing it into their area for profit. These people are known as “smugglers”. These people were typically poor, young people who had nothing to lose. Smugglers teamed up with other smugglers to create partnerships. Ultimately, “they learned to pool their resources because this minimized risk and maximized their ability to mobilize capital, influence, and managerial skills” (Haller, 81). After Prohibition ended, these bootleggers entered the business sector with the skills they learned during Prohibition and became successful. This also led to the creation of Las Vegas and the gambling scene. Haller adds on page 80: “Without former bootleggers founding and operating the first generation of hotel casinos, Las Vegas might not have been possible.” People fled to this area and “reached a population of 464,000 according to the 1980 census” (80). With more people concentrated in one area, this requires jobs to be filled. That being said, Prohibition can be seen as positive as it trained men to become businessmen, and also led to the creation of jobs and a more vibrant city.