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> Wonder how all of the focus seem to happen at the same time Because this practice was made legal very recently in most places in the US and a concomitant adv
by neonnoodle 1y ago
> Wonder how all of the focus seem to happen at the same time
Because this practice was made legal very recently in most places in the US and a concomitant advertising boom has saturated the media. Before the last few years, your average American couldn't bet on sports without visiting a casino sports book in person, or having a bookie (i.e., entering into a risky relationship with organized crime). TV sports coverage now openly refers to how you can use their analysis to make bets.
- neaden 1y agoAlso because the NBA is going through a gambling scandal with players being involved with the mafia.
- robotnikman 1y agoThis is the first time I heard of this, I decided to look up some of the news stories behind it. Maybe I'm nieve, but I thought the Sicilian Mafia died out decades a
- markdown 1y agoThey never said it was Sicilian Mafia.
- greggh 1y agoMultiple articles and interviews have said it was the Sicilian Mafia / La Cosa Nostra. "The Five Families - the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese - have ruled the city's Italian American mafia since 1931." "The Five Families are part of the larger American-Sicilian mafia operation known as La Cosa Nostra" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv1rkxjyyno https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv1rkxjyyno
- daseiner1 1y agoThe Sicilian Mafia (La Cosa Nostra) refers exclusively to the mafia on the island of Sicily, not the Mob which traces its lineage back to Sicilian immigrants. It's being said because the Five Families was erroneously conflated with Cosa Nostra in the original press conference by one of the representatives of law enforcement.
- tacker2000 1y agoThey never died, they are still going strong.