I agree with you that drugs are a huge problem and scourge to our society. Gambling, especially OC controlled gambling, is also a problem. A lot of these mob controlled internet sites don't pay winners. The Lucchese off shore web sites that Perna ran were notorious for not paying off big winners. The gambling cases are often the best way to get guys to flip and build RICO cases.
The thing is, when it comes to these mob gambling operations, the bets are placed through these pay-per-head websites but all the money is paid and collected locally
in cash. In other words, players with a mob book aren't using credit cards.
These online gambling sites, where credit cards are used to have an online balance, is something different.
