[quote=SinatraClub]Let's be honest here, blacks and hispanics aren't the types to get into illegal sports-betting. They just don't have the mind for that type of crime./quote]

Your kidding right? I can only speak for Hispanics but im sure there are Blacks involved as well. You ever been to Hispanic neighborhoods in the Bronx, Brooklyn, or Washington Heights? There's tons of Hispanic bookies in those areas. Many of them run their operations from the basement of bodegas or out of their own homes and like the Italians back in the day just take action from their own i. e. other Hispanics who they have known for years from the area. In terms of illegal sports betting, its very common to take bets on boxing and American and Carribean baseball games. My own dad used to do this out of his business throughout the 90s.