Furio,

Some of the information you posted in the statement above is correct and has merit to it. But there are also a few misstatements as well. The most glaring of which is that once legalized gambling was brought to Atlantic City that the "Philadelphia Family" had control there and the NYC Families had to ask for the permission of Angelo Bruno before they could operate there, and that if permission was granted, they had to pay a portion of their earning to Bruno and the Philly Family...That is incorrect.

The 'fact' is that many years ago (in the 1940s), the Mafia Commission had declared all cities across the U.S., as well as Island nations such as Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Haiti, etc., where gambling is legalized and casinos operate are declared "open cities," that any and ALL borgatas are free to operate within, if they so desire.

Any city or gambling Mecca, regardless of where it may be located, is open territory.

The fact that Atlantic City was always considered part of the general 'geographic' territory of Philadelphia's Bruno Family has nothing to do with that steadfast Commission 'rule.'

The Philly crew might have been more dominate in A/C. After all, thats only natural, right? They had members who lived and operated there for many decades previous. And I'm sure, that even after gambling came to town the Philly guys still dominated the area. NY/NJ guys were generally not gonna move down there just to be near the casinos.

But after legalized gaming came to that town, the Bruno Family was NO LONGER the only family who could operate there. Did some of Philly's members maybe balk to one another about 'out of town' (NYC/NJ) mafiosi coming into 'their' town, Atlantic City, and starting up some action? Maybe? Probably?

But thats only because these types of fellas probably didn't have a solid overall grasp about what Cosa Nostra was really all about, and what the Commission dictates and rules were from decades back (because it never applied to them before), etc.

But that still doesn't change the 'fact' that Commission 'rule' was put in place over three decades before A/C got gambling. Understand what I'm saying here?

Why do you think there's so many guys from varied Families across the country in Las Vegas. The same holds true for why so many families shared the wealth in Cuba, The Bahamas, etc. These are ALL declared "open cities."