Western PA and the LaRocca's made a fortune off those machines and allowed high ranking mafia associate John "Duffy" Conley to run the operation in conjunction with Feruccio:

http://www.post-gazette.com/frontpage/20...es/200602090321

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19950104&id=LgMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kW4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6690,2166778&hl=en

http://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/apr/18/five-with-mob-ties-tried-to-invest-in-casino-indic/

As Uncle Charlie used to say, "Never get into pissing matches with skunks."