Rocco Lombardo was simply floor manager at the Crazy Horse Too. I wouldn't be surprised if the mob also has some other legit interests in the town, i.e. clubs, restaurants, etc. Back in 2000, a Las Vegas Sun article claimed there were only a dozen members living in the city. Other than the Crazy Horse Too bust, the last significant mob case was from the late 1990's during the "Operation Thin Crust" busts. That included the Gambinos trying to move in on the escort business. During the 1990's there were also other rackets like telemarketing fraud, slot cheating, and so forth. But at this point, I don't think there's much beyond the mob's bookmaking networks extending out to Nevada.

As far as Atlantic City goes, it's probably similar. Probably more ownership of legit businesses because of the closer proximity. The only big mob case directly out of AC in recent years was, of course, the Philly mob's gambling operation run out of the Borgata casino. It's still very hard for mob-connected companies to get any contracts with the casinos. Joey Merlino's cousin had to really fight to maintain one.


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