News video: PA casinos looking to ban Merlino

[Wiseguy]

http://www.fox29.com/news/167551238-story

[joeycigars]

Let's say, for instance, I want to go in a restaurant that happens to be inside a casino, to get one of those sandwiches I like?

[Pogo The Clown]

Let's say, for instance, I want to go in a restaurant that happens to be inside a casino, to get one of those sandwiches I like?

Forget it. You can't even set foot in the parking lot. That's how serious it is.


Pogo

[TommyGambino]

So Borgesi is a captain??

[Wiseguy]

Let's say, for instance, I want to go in a restaurant that happens to be inside a casino, to get one of those sandwiches I like?

Forget it. You can't even set foot in the parking lot. That's how serious it is.


Pogo

"In other words I'm fucked?"

[Pogo The Clown]

In so many words, yes.


Pogo

[B.]

So Borgesi is a captain??

He was a captain from the 1990s through late 2011 when Monacello flipped. I don't remember anything about him being demoted, so he may have kept the title since then.

[willychichi]

What did Joey Merlino do to earn himself a likely statewide casino ban?

BY GEORGE ANASTASIA

It looks like reputed mob boss Joey Merlino has played his last hand of blackjack at the SugarHouse Casino.

Or any other Pennsylvania casino for that matter.

Investigators for the state Gaming Control Board have filed a petition asking that Merlino’s name be added to the casino exclusion list, a move that would prohibit the 54-year-old mobster from entering any casino in Pennsylvania. Skinny Joey has been on the New Jersey casino exclusion list since 1988.

While Merlino’s criminal history and organized crime ties are believed to be the driving force behind the move, an “altercation” at the SugarHouse Casino on March 9 has precipitated the action, according to documents filed by gaming board investigators back in April.

Contacted this week by text message, Merlino, who now lives in Florida, declined to comment about the incident or the petition. But of being placed on the exclusion list, he quipped, “They’re doing me a favor.”

Read more: http://www.phillyvoice.com/what-did-joe ... asino-ban/

[willychichi]

More on the story

http://gangsterreport.com/will-he-stay- ... ces-claim/

[Pogo The Clown]

That Black Book is a bunch of bullshit. They got two names from the whole
country and one of 'em is still Al Capone.


Pogo

[Wiseguy]

It just didn't sink into his head about the Black Book and what it meant. Not being able to go into a casino is just one thing, but being in this book etched your name into the brains of every cop and FBI agent in the state. I mean, you're listed in there with Al Capone.

[Lupara]

I really need to see that movie again soon.

[JCB1977]

Was Merlino even into any sophisticated crimes when he was the South Philly gang leader? Casino infiltration, labor racketeering etc?

[Pete]

Was Merlino even into any sophisticated crimes when he was the South Philly gang leader? Casino infiltration, labor racketeering etc?

No. They were moving baby formula and hot Rolex watches from a truck. Sounds like a joke, but it's true

[Chucky]

By "they" you're referring to a fence crew headed by Frank Gambino, the only group of dopes Previte was able to get on tape...aside from Natale and Luisi.

JCB, they were never really into the unions down here, and that went out the door with Scarfo.