Lcn in Central Jersey

[Chucky]

Legal Sportsbooking isn’t hurting them as much as people think. The mob linked gambling crews offer credit and everything is in cash so you can hide your degenerate gambling ways with the wife/gf . To me, it’s annoying to have to download another app on my phone and then deposit thousands of dollars into it. Also miserable to front the cash and wait in line in person down in AC, at the Meadowlands, and at Monmouth Park.

Can't you just bet through the App?

Yes but you have to deposit money first and have to be in New Jersey. You cross the bridge into the City (NYC) or Philly and you can’t bet anymore. LCN connected books are still far superior because you can bet from anywhere internationally, you bet on credit, they have lines for college sporting events in Jersey, and it’s all 100% Cash.

I think what a lot of people don't realize is that legal gambling serves a much different type of clientele than who a bookie serves. With the bookie there is no paying upfront, no paying taxes on your winnings, no waiting in bullshit lines, being able to bet college football & basketball, like you said. Guys who bet big money are not waiting in traffic driving to AC to wait an hour in line or putting their money in some dopey online account. Those apps and casinos are for casual gamblers.

Some college kid forking over $50 (and pay a 25% to the gov't if he wins) to bet Monday Night Football...he'll use one of the gamblings apps. The degenerate betting NHL parlays without a dime to his name...you know where he's going.

[Wiseguy]

John "Blue" Defroscia comes to mind as a major player in Central NJ. Google his name and look at his indictments over the last few years, these Central/Northern NJ gambling crews are huge.

Yeah, if there was/is one racket that extended throughout the state, connecting different families and crews, it's sports betting.

[UTC]

Trenton was a hotbed for Philly Crews from about the 1920s/30s up to the late 80s.


I believe this is the last semi-LCN related case out of Trenton.

In October 2008, 14 people, including several contractors and Philadelphia LCN associate Anthony "Tony Nose" Iannuzzio, were indicted in Trenton, NJ on charges of fraud involving accepting money for home improvement jobs that were never completed. In December 2003, Iannuzzio had been indicted in Trenton on charges of operating an illegal waste disposal company.

Pogo

Home improvement scam? Sure you're not talking about Lenehan?