A lot of the action offered by legalized gambling is stuff that the street guys don't handle. For example,the neighborhood bookie isn't taking action on the multi million jackpot numbers games,or the countless daily number games that the State has come up with. As far as the sports betting,all of the prop bets,and various other wagers are stuff that the local guys don't do. There is always the basic numbers action, backroom card and dice games,and video gambling machines in the local bars,as well as the sports book.

A lot of people like playing with the bookie,since there's no taxes,and credit is easy to get. I do agree that there are some folks who would rather go into a legal joint,so in that sense,I would agree that the Mob has taken a bit of a hit on income,but I don't know that it's enough to impact them in any significant way.

As Jshov31 said,the Mob will always figure out a way to spin straw into gold.