Also the advancement of state lotteries is another factor. I mean hey, if the State advocates gambling, why not?
Gubmint has taken over the rackets and put the mob as we knew it out of business.
Those boys and girls got of piece of all the action.
The racetracks, the casinos, the weed business and I assume the will find a way into the “sex worker” businessn
In some places gubmint setting up stations for junkies.
In Illinois the first thing the gubmint did after taking over the numbers rackets was pay Michael Jordan a couple of million to promote the numbers racket.
It made me laugh.
I thought how did the Five Families ever make any money on the numbers rackets without having guys like MJ pimping for them?