Before Scarfo, Philadelphia was a pretty sleepy family too. You had killers, you had them in every family even the most "peaceful" ones, but most of Philadelphia then and now always centered around gambling and loans.PolackTony wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:16 pmNew York and Chicago, of course. I'm thinking Philly and NE also?Chris Christie wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:09 pm Going outside of New York it's amazing how most of its members weren't hardened criminals. Most of them were involved in gambling but most of them weren't considered violent.
NE I know so little about.
But one can argue that gambling and loansharking was illegal hence, not legitimate. That's true but gambling extended well beyond the mob and was like marijuana in the decades before it was legalized.
Detroit, outside of the Organization, was a well organized Operational gambling syndicate that was composed of multiple decine. Rockford had soldiers that were designated "Gambling Bosses," but then you go to Philly or LA and the Family doesn't co-function as an organized gambling syndicate, instead it's every man kind of doing their own thing. Some teamed up but it was nothing like Detroit or Chicago I'd imagine. I could be wrong.