Rothstein stalled for time, saying that he would not be able to pay until after the elections of November 1928, when he expected to win $550,000 for successfully backing Herbert Hoover for President and Franklin D. Roosevelt for Governor.
羅斯汀拖延時間，說他將無法支付欠款直到在1928年11月的選舉之後，因成功支持赫伯特·胡佛成為總統和富蘭克林·D·羅斯福成為州長而預計贏得550,000美元。