by B. » Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:42 pm
sdeitche wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2017 3:37 pm
Salvatore Sparacio- Gloucester – D.O.B. 1/1/22- inducted in 1981. Big operator of sports bookmaking across south New Jersey. Hang out at Medford Country Club as primary HQ for gambling ops. Blizzard Passalacqua was his mentor. 2/25/86- indicted for sports bookmaking in Camden and Gloucester. On exclusion list of casinos.
He was born in Philadelphia, raised in Camden, where Passalacqua operated like so many other members. Anthony Piccolo was an owner of the Medford Country Club where Sparacio and his cousin/associate Blaise Salvatore worked from.
I've tried to figure out where Sparacio's family is from but haven't narrowed it down. I'm curious because there were a number of Sparacios from Belmonte Mezzagno which was one of the most important early Sicilian groups in Philadelphia/South Jersey. I found an Ignazio Sparacio (Shotsie's father's name) who married a Cappello in Philly in 1915 but not sure it's the right one. There were other Ignazio Sparacios from Belmonte in Vineland and NYC.
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Salvatore Sparacio- Gloucester – D.O.B. 1/1/22- inducted in 1981. Big operator of sports bookmaking across south New Jersey. Hang out at Medford Country Club as primary HQ for gambling ops. Blizzard Passalacqua was his mentor. 2/25/86- indicted for sports bookmaking in Camden and Gloucester. On exclusion list of casinos.
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He was born in Philadelphia, raised in Camden, where Passalacqua operated like so many other members. Anthony Piccolo was an owner of the Medford Country Club where Sparacio and his cousin/associate Blaise Salvatore worked from.
I've tried to figure out where Sparacio's family is from but haven't narrowed it down. I'm curious because there were a number of Sparacios from Belmonte Mezzagno which was one of the most important early Sicilian groups in Philadelphia/South Jersey. I found an Ignazio Sparacio (Shotsie's father's name) who married a Cappello in Philly in 1915 but not sure it's the right one. There were other Ignazio Sparacios from Belmonte in Vineland and NYC.