Nicky the Whip

Scarfo soldier Nicky Milano , who wasn't welcome back into the fold by Ligambi, was hanging out in the new Revel casino in A.C. Friday night, living it up.

His older brother Gino will be on the witness stand for feds at the Ligambi trial.

My husband was in there too on Friday night! What do you mean Nicky was living it up? What did you see, or hear, he was doing?

He was justing hanging out, having a good time. Looks like he is doing well for himself.He spends alot of time in A.C. He spends alot of time in New York too.

I think his girlfriend is boss of somewhat over at the Borgata.

Anyone know why he wasn't welcome back of if he didn't want to go back? Seems to me he is more stand up than most people. Didn't he do like 20 yrs? Saw him recently and he is one tough sob.

A number of Scarfo era guys got out of the can in recent years...

A lot of the Scarfo guys are out and just minding their own business. I wouldn't mess with any of them though. Old school OG's

Yeah, considering most of them are hotheads I would def steer clear

If you were a guy of the Scarfo era why would you want back in the fold? The times since their days has changed now and the money guys like him made back there isn't there anymore.

Forget the whole extra pressure from the feds now and the new era where anyone could wind up being a rat, the main thing that really killed off most of that money is modern technology.

Gambling is still there but not like the way it used to be. Internet gambling has taken a huge chunk out of the mobs business, my sons and all their friends all bet online now. Card games in the back of bars and social clubs are non existent now since there are poker rooms north, east, south and west of the city now with all the casinos that opened up.

Hijacking is now dead, not easy to hijack a truck now since they all are equipped with GPS', not worth the risk.

Break ins and robberies are more difficult now that it seems there are cameras on every corner.

Extortion has been phased out in a big way. Back in the Scarfo era they could extort every bar or mom and pop store in the city if they wanted to. Every mom and pop store is pretty much gone in the city, its all major corporation chains as we seen in that one Sopranos episode. You cant extort a Wallgreens, CVS, Home Depot, TGI Fridays, McFaddens, or better yet try extorting protection money from the new Xfinity live complex owned by Comcast.

The money just isn't there anymore.

I bet the whole landscape is unrecognisable for some of those Philly guys from the Scarfo era who got out recently, and I see Faffy Iannerella is scheduled to get out in 2016. When he returns and sees the state of the family and how every store is a chain store now, he'l be like what the fuck happened to this place?!

A lot of those internet sites are controlled by different OC groups. Also, to quote GA, Gambling is the wheel that makes the mob run". I probably got that wrong. Anyway, gambling will never go away and goes hand in hand with loan sharking. Thats what most guys are into...and drugs. They also get into buying and flipping houses cutting corners and insurance adjustments on houses. and things like that. Nicodemo has his own company that does that stuff.

I said Nicky wasn't welcome back by Ligambi, Cause I read that in an article a few years back, but who knows, maybe he never wanted back in. I have seen him several times in A.C. at the Borgata and the Chelsea. He actually came off as a pretty nice guy. And like I Said before he looks like he is doing well for himself.

Yep. If somebody in Philly or South Jersey is making bets online, but collecting or paying in to a local guy in person, there's a good chance it's a mob-connected operation. Computers, offshore websites, etc. have only helped the mob's sports betting operations, which is the bread and butter to a family like the Philadelphia mob. They'll always have the staple street rackets like bookmaking, video poker, loansharking, drugs, and stolen goods. There's some scams here and there but not the big money type like the NY families have been involved in. Or the labor racketeering.