The Cihal brothers were tied in with Bobby Iannelli and Mickey Flynn, owner of the Union Grille in Pittsburgh. They were not LCN, but they did kick up a percentage to LaRocca and Mike Genovese. Sonny Ciancutti oversaw all bookmakers from Allegheny County and collected tribute through two guys; Ralph "Big Head" Masselli and Jeff Risha. Anthony Cihal was busted back in 2003 in a illegal gambling operation ran out of the Union Grille. Bobby I assumed control of Tony Grosso's bookmaking and numbers operation along with Sal, Eugene and Adolfo Williams, all longtime associates of the LaRocca Crime Family but never made members. When Grosso went to prison, Iannelli and the Williams brothers divided up the $30 million dollar per year operation and the 5000 numbers writers that Grosso employed independent of LCN. Grosso had more political protection than LaRocca or Genovese ever had, hence why they never shook him down or extracted tribute. Anthony Cihal was close to Bobby I.
http://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_washington/20030817wacover2.asphttp://www.leagle.com/decision/1972510339FSupp171_1481
