Trying to crunch the numbers, as far as estimating organized crime profits, is the most futile of endeavors. Even the official figures are all over the place and are educated guesses at best.

You can get glimpses here and there, like how much a specific bookmaking operation was taking in bets over a certain period of time, or how much a mobbed up construction company had in contracts last year, but figuring the over all gross or net take of an entire family? Much less the Mafia as a whole? Impossible.

You'll drive yourself nuts trying. Believe me.