Seems li ke from the 1930s through the 1950s,afterv Prohibition a lot of mob connected guys went one of two ways,sometimes both,espcially if there were enough brothers to be in both avenues
One way was with the Gambling. Not just bookmaking but places where they had wide open gambling
The other ways was to own bars,nightclubs,strip joints,restaurants,prostitution,and for some reason a lot of them owned hotels around here,
And in those day corruption with police and politicians was rampant