Money and Hood Cheats:
Always back up your registry before doing these type of cheats. If are are not familiar with the registry do not attempt this cheat

Run regedit from Start-Run on windows '95/98.Type regedit and press enter.
Navigate through the following:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" => "SOFTWARE" => "HOTHOUSE" => "GANGSTERS" Change the TAG:
"DEFAULT_MONEY" Change it from 2710 to 2710ffdd and you now start
with $655,425,501 instead of the usual $10,000.
Change "DEFAULT_HOODS" to ff and you now startwith 256 hoods.

More Business':
Go to regedit in the start menu, go to local_machine, software, hothouse, gangsters, then go to default_territory and set it to 500 and now you will start out with around 21 to anywhere around 34

Get $50,000:
When at the Lieutenant Section Type I LOVE HANSON (all caps) to get $50,000

Free Business:
In the Gang Organizer, go to the city maps. Bring up the info on any business and let the mouse hover around over the box until a little 'Return to base' tip appears. Click there and tada, the business is yours. If you want, you can sell it on the spot and the cash will go directly into your assets. Or you can wait until next week when you can send someone to run the business.
Info submitted by Lost Horizon on Monday, July 5, 1999 at 20:01:47

$3000 For Gangs:
At the Lieutenant part of the gang organizer screen press D + A + R + T to give $3000 to each gang

Registry Cheat:
Always back up your registry before doing these type of cheats. If are are not familiar with the registry do not attempt this cheat

1. Click "Start"
2. Choose the "Run" option.
3. Type regedit and press enter.
4. Navigate through the following:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" => "SOFTWARE" => "HOTHOUSE" => "GANGSTERS"

Change the TAG: "DEFAULT_MONEY"
Change it from 2710 to 207101a and you now start with $34,017,306 instead of the usual $10,000.

Change "DEFAULT_HOODS" to ff and you now start with 256 hoods.

Registry Edit:
Run regedit from the Start-run oon windows 95/98 type REGEDIT and press enter
Navigate through the following:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE=>SOFTWARE=>HOTHOUSE=>GANGSTERS.
DEFUALT_MONEY Change it from 2710 to 2820ffdd
you now start with 673,251,293.
DEFAULT_HOODS to ffffff you now start with 16777215