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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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Probly half of all wiseguys have some sort of problem, drugs, gambling, etc. Biggest degenerates? Gotti, Jack Damico, paulie Mancuso, Al longo, Nicky o, Bobby Cabert, Vinny Butch, Joe sas, Tick, Fazzini, Christy, Buddy Attanasio..... tons
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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Probly half of all wiseguys have some sort of problem, drugs, gambling, etc. Biggest degenerates? Gotti, Jack Damico, paulie Mancuso, Al longo, Nicky o, Bobby Cabert, Vinny Butch, Joe sas, Tick, Fazzini, Christy, Buddy Attanasio..... tons Which tick are you referring to as a degenerate the dead one or the alive one?
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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atlantic city ruined a lot of guys. I wouldn't label him a "degenerate," even though he loves to play cards. But I'm reminded of Tony Megale. I remember back in '89 or '90 when he was waiting to start his first Federal bid. I think he initially got like three years. Anyway, after he was sentenced the judge gave him a few months to get his affairs in order before he had to begin serving his sentence. And in that interim period he came on a junket to Atlantic City and bought into the blackjack table for like 30k in cash. The problem was, he was supposed to be broke in the eyes of the law. And as everyone knows, casinos mean cameras. He was hit with an additional charge of tax evasion and ended up with an extra year or two. Now Tony is a VERY bright guy. But it just goes to show that even the best and the brightest are guilty of bad judgement every now and then.
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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would have to say joey merlino based on what i've read, but i guess if you're not paying the bookies anyway it doesn't matter how much you lose. That's a pretty good indicator of what kind of guy you're dealing with. If you're making money and you have your stripes, and you use that influence to bully people and stiff them out of money, then you're a scumbag. I don't care who you are.
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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would have to say joey merlino based on what i've read, but i guess if you're not paying the bookies anyway it doesn't matter how much you lose. That's a pretty good indicator of what kind of guy you're dealing with. If you're making money and you have your stripes, and you use that influence to bully people and stiff them out of money, then you're a scumbag. I don't care who you are. Ya thats a pretty good description of merlino, apparently he would go to the night clubs with his entourage and start fights with random people, beat the shit out of them and rob them, it seems only in philly would a boss go around doing stuff like that.
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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Nebee Gerace, Anthony Inserra, Teeter Nole...Three of the worse hard luck dgenerate gamblers I have ever seen.
Been there and done it I am very much for real, so if you ask, make sure you really want to know.
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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Lil also book mentions ray coumo and the prince st heroin guys blowing tons of the money and next day back to slinging kilos of h. Yes, they were the first names to come to mind when reading the thread question. To me, it was one of the most interesting parts of D'Arco's biography. They could have saved a ton of money simply from dealing H. Or through the success of Ray's Pizza. But they seemingly had little to show from the millions made due to being lousy gamblers. The hosts in Atlantic City must have loved it when they came to town.....
You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smelling motherfucker you! If you ever get out of line over there again, I'll smash your fucking head so hard you won't be able to get that cowboy hat on. You hear me? Fucking hick. -Nicky (Casino)
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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the biggest bookies usually are some of the worst gamblers That's a fact. I mentioned Tony Megale before, but speaking of Connecticut, NO ONE was a bigger banger at the craps table than Taylor. The Korean whales at the old Sands AC would look at him with their mouths wide fucking open. And that's no bullshit. He's not a wiseguy. Hell, he ain't even Italian. But for awhile there, he ran one of the biggest books in Connecticut. Maybe THE biggest. And the guy ended up dead broke. Bet with your heads, kids, not over it  .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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Probly half of all wiseguys have some sort of problem, drugs, gambling, etc. Biggest degenerates? Gotti, Jack Damico, paulie Mancuso, Al longo, Nicky o, Bobby Cabert, Vinny Butch, Joe sas, Tick, Fazzini, Christy, Buddy Attanasio..... tons Joe Sass a degenerate gambler? In what world??
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Re: Mafiosos who were "degenerate gamblers"?
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^^^the tick from silver lake who passed away last year.
Pepe Lascala supposedly lost millions from sports. The main reason longo isn't a captain now is bc of like bx said he had the bug. Owed over a mil to punchy and Rossi whats the latest with Pepe? that trial still going on? one of the most interesting indictments ive read almost all of the guys from that case have pleaded out and some have been sentenced. Lascala is still holding out.
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