Joseph "Little Joe" Regino ran that area for decades under John LaRocca. Regino was very close friends with Big John and was his neighbor down in Pompano Beach, FL. Once Regino was in semi retirement around 1982, John Verilla took over. After Verilla and his couple of cronies were indicted and convicted of murdering a drug dealer, Mike Genovese never put anybody back in charge because the gambling wasn't what it was. However, Alfred Corbo still ran a major book. Corbo was considered a "high ranking" associate and Verilla wanted to whack Corbo, but Mike Genovese told Verilla not to lay a finger on Alfred Corbo because his book brought in twice the amount of money that Verilla brought in. Corbo ran his operation out of Brunswick Billiards in Altoona along with Jack Miraglia, Samuel Rametta, Joseph Jacobs, Walter Nichols, Stephen St. Clair and Chris Boring. After Verilla was convicted in 1984, Corbo took over everything and was also associated Paul "No Legs" Hankish, a Pittsburgh LCN associate from Wheeling, WV; and Steven Hatzimbes, an associate of Pittsburgh LCN member Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti.

Besides Corbo and Verilla, the major gambling operatives in the Altoona area during the 1980s were Joseph "The Weep" Ruggiero, and Paul Folcarelli, also known as Paul Farrell. Ruggiero at one time was part of the Verilla organization. Folcarelli had been associated with Frederick Piera, a major gambling operative in Johnstown and with deceased Pittsburgh LCN member Gabriel "Kelly" Mannarino. Folcarelli has also been involved in loansharking.

From my understanding through some friends, Folcarelli and Ruggiero take football action.