The Genoveses and Luccheses had a contract out on his head. But due to his public persona and love for attention, he was always surrounded by the media and under constant FBI surveillance.
That was the main reason why the Chin and Vic/Gas couldn't whack Gotti. If Gotti stayed in the shadows, he would have been dead within a couple of years after taking over the family.
You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smelling motherfucker you! If you ever get out of line over there again, I'll smash your fucking head so hard you won't be able to get that cowboy hat on. You hear me? Fucking hick. -Nicky (Casino)
