If we are talking about history then Tony Grasso immediately came to my mind when i read this thread. he ran a big numbers and gambling ring in Pittsburgh independent of the LCN. And i know of a decent amount of bookmakers in the tri-state area that are not LCN connected(depending on what your definition of connected is).
"Let me tell you something. There's no nobility in poverty. I've been a poor man, and I've been a rich man. And I choose rich every fucking time."
-Jordan Belfort
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