Hells kitchen has been gentrified since 1990. Beat up at by some irish kids? You sure you you were'nt at a frat party at NYU and took a beating from a frat guy drinking an irish beer????
Whats next ? He dated an italian girl from east harlem?

I am 24, born in Naples, moved to Jersey when I was 12, wasn't really good at school but my English quality depends on my mood, I noticed you commented it on an earlyer post of mine, but I was fascinated by the mob as a young kid. When I was 16 I meet a girl who knew a few pot dealers and I got connected to them and bought a few grams with the little cash I had, I sold it to some wannabe-alcoholic tough-guys at school and felt like a true Gangster. Once me and my friend tried to walk in to a well known ''Mob Social Club'' when we were at a party in Brooklyn. We weren't allowed inside though, but I fell into contact with some Irish guys from Hells Kitchen and got beat up pretty bad and sentenced to 18 months for possession, after that I grew a brain and got a job. Still seems tempting to join the life, especially since I am Italian you know. But after reading a lot of your posts about how the life is bad and at the beginning it's all about you taking the blame for the old guys, it doesn't seem that glamorous. I really look forward to read the bullshit comments about how this is fake.

Everyone's input is valuable and respected.

I think this is what poster Johnny Dio was referring to:

$2.2 billion in wagers, primarily on sporting events, during a 15-month period.

From that number (2.2B) and time frame (15 months), you can calculate the gang's income based on the average payout ratio of the bets.

Someone else here will have to finish the calculus because many of us just don't know the nuts and bolts of that industry.

Obviously it differs given the individual but can anyone give an average earning of a modern day made man in one of NY's families?

What do they see out of it per annum?

Those are total bets, Alfa. Not total wins or losses. And that doesn't factor in any of the overhead, like paying your sheet writers. Never mind the fact that at any given time most bookmakers have at least 30 percent in uncollected debts. Those numbers are ridiculously inflated by the Feds and their stooge lackeys in the media.

Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Those articles are meaningless.

The only people who would know what they made is the bank. You're not factoring in who is on a half sheet. Who's on a quarter sheet. Who's running for ten percent. What's the cost PPH? Every book probably has 20-30 percent outstanding. I can go on and on and on and on and on.

What is a bookie?

It's futile to talk specific dollar amounts but the average made guy seems to be more or less middle class, with a minority on either end of the spectrum, i.e. some very rich, others broke.





The $2.2 billion was simply the amount of wagers transacted over the 15 month investigation. That's all law enforcement said. If the media then says the Luccheses "took in" or "made" that much, thereby insinuating it was all profit, that's not the government's fault.

By my southern sophisticated calculations I come to the total profit of $157.28

I am 24, born in Naples, moved to Jersey when I was 12, wasn't really good at school but my English quality depends on my mood, I noticed you commented it on an earlyer post of mine, but I was fascinated by the mob as a young kid. When I was 16 I meet a girl who knew a few pot dealers and I got connected to them and bought a few grams with the little cash I had, I sold it to some wannabe-alcoholic tough-guys at school and felt like a true Gangster. Once me and my friend tried to walk in to a well known ''Mob Social Club'' when we were at a party in Brooklyn. We weren't allowed inside though, but I fell into contact with some Irish guys from Hells Kitchen and got beat up pretty bad and sentenced to 18 months for possession, after that I grew a brain and got a job. Still seems tempting to join the life, especially since I am Italian you know. But after reading a lot of your posts about how the life is bad and at the beginning it's all about you taking the blame for the old guys, it doesn't seem that glamorous. I really look forward to read the bullshit comments about how this is fake.

Now this is comedy gold.