The mob just like any other organized crime group has evolved. The big moneys in like the above post said, financial, health care fraud scams. To do this you dont need violence. And with the street rackets, a gambler doesn't pay, you black ball them and make sure they can't place any action elsewhere. Union problem, you call a strike. Maybe today their aren't guys getting bang bang'd in brooklyn in broad daylight, and maybe not a bunch of guys hanging out at a social club, but it's still their.