Now the whole point in this, I figure, is that in effect there is never a winner; Tony comes out with money either way. Okay, so Davey Scatino is a degenerate gambler and ultimately ends up destroying his life by getting too much "ziti" into Tony. What would happen if Frank Sinatra, Jr. lost out and had to borrow money from the Family? As he is more high-profile than Scatino, would Tony bust him out too?

And Silvio and Paulie: what if they lost big time on the game? I really don't understand how this whole thing works. Plawrence, (or anybody) you're the man at this thing! Some help, here?

Mick