this fbi guy stone just kinda did some damage to acouple of these guys on the gambling stuff. so far the only guy who looks good from reading george site is the guy scoops, only thing was pete the crumb called him a big mouth gossip guy who got more people indicted then the turncoats that must have stung. mac on always sunny in philly trying to join the mob on comedy central right now his nickname pussy hands. i do see how the d.a.'s are just slowly connecting the dots with all these witnesses. the guys who took plea's were smart.

the fbi paid Pete Albo 50k for personal use and 8k in gambling debts and all of a sudden he had a change of heart and isnt testifying!rumor has it he played the feds to get his money.This case is a joke!they should be home by christmas.hopefully the government will stop spending taxpayers money like its their own.

theres no need for albo to testify anymore, he small a small time player of all the small time players who turned informant, the fbi agent who used albo as an in to the operation already testified.it would be dumb to call albo on the stand.

http://www.fivefamiliesnyc.com/2012/11/undercover-fbi-agent-describes-mob.html

"Battaglini is one of the seven defendants on trial. Barretta pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison earlier this year.

The jury heard Battaglini discuss his sports betting business with Stone and Peter Albo, a gambler and government informant who worked with and was in debt to Battaglini. The scenario set up during the undercover investigation was that "Vinny" would bring his business to the operation and would pay down Albo's debt.

Collecting, Battaglini said on several of the tapes, was always problematic.

"I'm tired of people bringing me bets and not bringing me assets," he said in what could easily be described as a bookmaker's lament.

At another point he exclaimed, "I got four people on the street, between the four of them, they owe me $30,000."

He later told Albo, who owed customers thousands, "Pete you're so fuckin' red, you won't be makin' money til this football season."

That's pretty funny the guy demanded 50K ..you coud go make up some shit and get 20k no problem have some jeroff friends collabrate it split thetax-paper money its a joke. People run scams all the time down there. There was a kid that tripped in front of a bar because the concerte was fucked up sued the bar, that waas owned by ____________ and then they apporach the kids thats sueing them and demand half the money, he agrees the cycle goes on..

They did call Pete Albo and he wouldn't come to testify. They do need him to explain the tapes. Gary Battaglini and Barretta did have a book making operation and the FBI agent Vinny, tried to say on the stand that Damion Canalichio was involved. When the tapes got played the jury heard it was a different story. Damion is and was not involved. A 10 year investigation to prove Bookmaking is a disgrace and most definitely is not a RECO! They can never tie everyone together in any operation! This week will be about Damion and his alleged bookmaking operation. An inside source says that the defense has its own Gambling expert, an x state trooper that indicates that Damion was clearly only betting. Going by his phone taps there is not 1 witness who can say he placed bets with Damion. I still think its all a waste of tax payers money. When there are real violent crimes out there being committed.

They DIDNT call Albo. See the latest reports below, they got his voice on tape so they dont even need him. You can't cross-examine tapes. The agent is a much better witness.

"Earlier jurors heard testimony from Stone and tapes that he recorded in which he agreed to pay down Albo's debt to Battaglini.

In all, the FBI provided Albo with about $50,000 while he was cooperating, including $9,900 that Stone used to pay down his debt, $4,320 in mortgage payments when Albo was facing foreclosure on his home in Somers Point, NJ, $4,800 in expenses and $25,000 in relocation money.

Albo feared mob retaliation, Augustine said. But the agent also acknowledged that Albo had begun to "lie" and contradict himself in debriefings with the FBI within the past month.

As a result, Albo will not be called as a witness."

http://www.fivefamiliesnyc.com/2012/11/secret-recordings-reveal-gangsters.html

I agree with you on the 10 year BS gambling case....my question is was about the Borgata gambling ring, that was just a state case in jersey and why didnt the feds oversee that as well and roll that into the rico charges, if they were following these guys around for so long watching the bookmaking they had to know about this. Everyone down there goes to Aycee and hits the Borgata and would want a piece of that $60 million action. Really strange how that case and these charges do not come up in court, and if they don't it kind of makes the feds case look a little weaker. I know they are looking to fry Uncle Joe and destroy the philly guys mainly

the whole trial is a joke and the DA and FBI should be ashamed...all this for bookmaking

christ

Albo is a degenerate gambler, lucky bast*rd.

i like reading georges new site bigtrial.net. so theres some cop video poker expert on stand talking about 1 bar that had 4 machines. when they raidied the bar they found the books, it paid out 175k in 1yr period and they didnt include the owners winning take which would be alot more. they had a good thing going. with the sports booking and loansharking that small family had it ok, no wonder you dont wont 60 made guys in philly. never heard about card games but with casino's down the street you cant compete. i'm thinking the video poker is done no thats theres casino's in philly. how is that casino sugarhouse is it a dump what a strange name is there hookers everywhere. wonder why they stefenelli tapes havnt been played yet and how the hell did the prosecuters get to mention the long john murder in this trial, its like anything goes.

sugarhouse is cool and there is security outside when you go to your car, harrah's in chester is cool and then they have Parxx in Bensalem that is huge so, the illegal gambling they were running was drying up in that town, with 2 casinos right near south philly

Ahmen smh

I like Harrah's the best. They got a lot space in there your not rubbing elbows with everyone like sugarhouse. It's funny how the 2nd level of theparking garage in harrah's is eye level with SCI Chester so all the patrons can see the prisoners windows. What a great idea to build a casino right next to a prison. I hate sugarhouse they were suppose to expand the gaming floor even more but need some special permit or something. Parx is alright I use to go there a lot but not as much. The Valley Forge Casino you have to buy a membership, which has dropped in price from $75.00 a year to $20.00 now. When they first opened and it was $75.00, the loophole was spend at least $10.00 at the small food court and a cashier will give you a temporarily card to play for the day. The night club has already changed names it was called 7 that failed now it's got a mechanical bull and its called deuces wild or something like that.

Hey Pussyhands you got alotta action going on this week?

I took the train to Aycee the other day on a Monday and I had a free room at the Borgata so I used it and it was sooooo dead, it was really strange and i know it was a Monday after the holiday but flat out dead, took the jitney around to caesars, they had a deal if you sat down for a total of 30 min at slots you get some free room deals, it was dead, have not made it to the revel yet but it looks awesome, i read how its broke too. I am not a super high roller so I am not sure but I do know that the casinos in mississippi have weekend junkets where they pay air and room for you to get to their casinos i am guessing they do in aycee too but I am not in that money bracket of losing at the casinos yet

We didn't like Revel at all. Too modern looking, too spread out...and for my husband..no smoking ANYWHERE in the entire casino.
We did pick the worst possible time to go try it out, though. It was when they first opened and JayZ and Beyonce were performing that night, and Obama had taken his girls to see the concert. Now, i'm not saying anything, but picture a blonde/blue eyed girl and her guinea husband in the middle of that crowd. AHEM.

How can there be no smoking there anywhere at all, that's horrid I can't gamble without a smoke and some scotch to dull my mind

Haha thats funny I bet he was pissed off. Hova can get annoying hes gotten to cocky and if your not into hip-hop I could see it giving you a migraine. "Hey Guru..you kno I owe u for this one holla"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=gbwOUZoUI0o&NR=1

Here there's video's like this and the fed's wasted all their time and resources on gambling.

I was there the same weekend. I liked it but it was definitely a different experience going the weekend of the Beyonce concert. But I heard pretty good things about it. I am going to check it out again. Heard they aren't doing great though.

Oh, I think I saw you. You were the other white guy there.

Honestly, besides the smoking thing for my husband, it's not really a true gambler's casino. We don't go to AC for concerts and all that. We go to gamble, and that's not really Revel.

We didn't like Revel either. Personally i think the Borgata is still the best place to go in AC.

Our beloved plawrence used to love it there from the time it opened. He used to ask me to go there with him but I always thought it to be too antiseptic and "cold". I used to enjoy Bally's and got to the point where they'd comp me for everything (meals and rooms), but I haven't been to AC in years.

I don't know if I could sit at the slots without smoking.

I was only at the revel that one time so I will give it another shot. I didn't realize the smoking thing. A lot of people I talked to were turned off after that first weekend. They definitely are trying to cater to more then just gambling there. Which at this point I think they have to with casinos being everywhere. I guess they gave it a try. I also like the Borgota the best but I dont like how its not actually in AC. I rarely stay in AC cause my family has a house in margate but if I was spending the weekend I would rather stay on the strip.

Borgata is obviously the top overall place from the food to the rooms and ambience and the buzz that is there on weekends, I have never been to AC when they had a big fight on so I can't compare that, but a friend of mine swears by the Tropicana and loves the hotel and everything there. Kind of sad the wild west was shut down when i was there. I like parxx casino and track in bensalem, havent won anything there but had fun

That's us. Tropicana. We're up as far as you can go regarding status, comp, etc. VIP with the picture on the comp card and all that lol. So, it's hard to switch casinos at this point. But we do venture out to other casinos time to time; that's when we tried Revel, but we won't go back. My husband is high strung to begin with, try telling him he can't smoke when he's gambling. lol
Not only that, but, while at Revel, he went outside to smoke, and some skinny little twit told him he had to go all the way at the end of the casino, to close to the boardwalk. Smoking is not even allowed in front of the casino. Well, that's all it took, I knew it was coming...long story short... we left.

dont you hate when people tell you you cant smoke.lol. about a year ago i nearly stomped the shit out of some guy for the same thing. i was enjoying a stroll along that walkway up near bk heights. the one that over sees some drydocks and the harbor. i was on the phone with my wife .lol. and some sniviling stuck up little shit dressed up like a wanna be ivyleague professor taps me on the shoulder.he says 'theres no smoking on the promanade,sir'. i told him to take a walk and when he didnt i told him to 'fuck off'[with my wife still on the phone].lol. he tells me to put out my cigarette or he would 'inform the police'.lol!. i hung up my phone,flicked my cigarette at his shirt and belted him in the fuckin nose.lol. i got over him to apply some shoe leather to the back of his head but some 'well-to-do' hipsters pushed me off him. didnt get in no trouble either.lol. didnt stop the missus from biting my head off for getting in a fight at my age.lol.

lmao! Inform the police over a cigarette? haha

Well, I don't smoke, but i admit it really doesn't bother me (other than his health), but he also doesn't smoke in the house, during meals and is not a chain smoker, etc. Anyway, I understand where you're coming from. If you're in a designated smoking area, then that's that. When we're in a casino and we're in the designated area and I hear somebody make a comment about his smoke, I flip out on them. They got 3/4 of the casino as it is, so move.
But, yeah, outside is outside, I don't get it.

And I'm with your wife. You guys are getting too old for this fighting shit. Last year he popped a guy in the nose at Lowe's for taking his shopping cart. Blood everywhere and again...long story short....we left. Shit's getting old. Like me.

Some years ago I was standing in front of my office building, smoking a cigarette. The building was on Broadway (NYC) and there was a lot of people walking on the street. I was minding my own business when a little old lady approached me and shook her finger at me. She asked me, "Didn't your mother ever tell you that shouldn't smoke?" It kind of pissed me off, and I quickly replied, "Didn't YOUR mother ever tell you that you shouldn't talk to strangers?"

And then you offered her some candy if she would help you find your lost pet?