Just watched this episode again. When Paulie is counting the money at the end, Silvio claims that two boxes of ziti (two grand) came from his pocket, so I assume that yes, Sivlio was part of the game and gave up his money. The Bada Bing would have kept him from debt, had he lost.

Mick


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