I wonder also for a majority of them if perhaps being a mobster is a 2nd job. Many of them like Narducci have hearty legit income, many are involved in real estate now, house flipping, partners in contracting and some are married to successful women also. I remeber having a legit job on the books was something Uncle Joe stressed to everyone back when he was in charge as well.
I almost mentioned this, too! I know a few full time bookies. A friend and some clients at our firm, etc. One of the latter is "connected" elsewhere (as far as I'll go there). They all hold full time jobs. It's not like loan sharking and bookmaking is a time consuming task. I'll agree that "the old days" are gone. But I think think they could be gone in that, no longer can you sit on your ass all day and just live easy 24/7. I mean, a supplemental $xx,xxx a year seems sufficient enough to me.
If you're a skipper, obviously that's another story altogether.
