All Blog Posts Tagged 'Casino' (82)

First Boss: James "Big Jim" Colosimo

Primary rackets: Gambling, extortion and loan sharking.

Boss: The Chicago Outfit has always been very…

By David Amoruso

Hollywood loves gangsters. Not because film makers condone their crimes, but because their stories make them lots of money. It’s difficult to name any other genre that has so many titles based on a true story. Yet, despite this label, the true story often gets twisted to fit the silver screen. That is why Gangsters Inc. shares its knowledge of the…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Frank Cullotta, once one of the most feared men in Las Vegas, passed away on Thursday. He was 81. As the right-hand of Anthony Spilotro, the mobster who oversaw the…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

The decision to testify against his father was a life-changing one, former Chicago Outfit mobster…

By Gangsters Inc. Editors

A global investigation involving Interpol and law enforcement agencies in multiple countries this week resulted in the arrests of six wanted fugitives with strong ties to the Calabrian Mafia in Albania, Argentina and Costa…

Organized crime is big business. And not just of the illegal kind. Each year, millions are made by film studios, writers, and media giants by turning stories about stone cold gangsters and Mafiosi in cold hard dollars.

We at Gangsters Inc. thoroughly enjoy these products and decided to shine some light on them in this section. This is where we discuss the true story behind some…

By Robert Sberna for Gangsters Inc.

The death of Joe “Loose” Iacobacci in April has spurred…

By Robert Sberna for Gangsters Inc.

By many accounts, Joe “Loose” Iacobacci forged a model career in the Mafia. The Cleveland-born Iacobacci rose…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Former Philadelphia Mafia family underboss Phil Leonetti doesn't like the limelight. But he made an…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

The world is a big place. While everyone was focusing on the narco kingpins in the Americas, a powerful Triad boss was operating in the shadows, organizing the Asian drug trade under his rule,…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Better Call Saul is back! AMC’s Breaking Bad spin-off is heating up more and more with every season. We at Gangsters Inc. are glad to see Saul Goodman, everyone’s favorite hustler-turned-lawyer, back again.

Played by actor Bob Odenkirk,…

By Gary Jenkins for Gangsters Inc.

Chicago mobster …

As the sixth largest country in the world, Australia has a lot of room for people who are looking for new territory to commit crimes. Discovered by Dutch explorers, Australia eventually fell under British rule. The British used the far-away continent as an isolated prison in the sun after they lost control of the United States. Britain sent its most hated inmates to…

By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.

Martin Scorsese’s latest Mafia epic The Irishman finally hit…

By David Amoruso



Joseph Lombardo was considered one of the longest leading members of the Chicago Outfit. He was nicknamed The Clown, and proved that he could play that role. When he was arrested in 1964 for…

By Gary Jenkins for Gangsters Inc.

“They were motion detectors, but we weren’t too concerned about that, I could have shut off the alarm, but there was too much traffic in front of the building, so I just figured we’d just go through the…

By Thom L. Jones

East is East

American author Robert Warshow declared in an essay: “For the gangster there is only the city, he must inhibit it in order to personify it….not the real city but that dangerous sad city of the imagination which is so much more important, which is the modern world. And…

By Thom L. Jones

This is the final part of a 5-part series. To go back to part 4 click here. To start at the beginning…

By Thom L. Jones

This is part 4 of a series. To go back to part 3 click here. To skip to part 5 scroll down.…

By Thom L. Jones

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