Behind closed doors: How neighbors were oblivious to secret poker games and the Mafia who investigators say helped run them

Behind the glass doors of an unassuming building in Manhattan, wedged between aging facades and staring across a shuttered print shop, a shadowy world stirred, coming alive with the flick of cards, ...
USA Today

Gambino. Bonanno. Genovese. Lucchese. Meet the Mafia families in the NBA gambling scandal

The FBI announced arrests in a major sports-betting and illegal gambling scandal involving the Mafia. Four of New York's major Mafia families were allegedly involved in the long-running criminal ...
The New York Times

New York City’s Mob Families Are Still in Business

Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. By William K. Rashbaum In New York ...
CNN

Barcoded decks, contact lenses and X-ray tables: How New York’s mafia allegedly ran illegal poker games tied to US athletes

You can picture the scene. Tucked somewhere between the glitter and grit of Manhattan, a room wafting smoke with the rhythm of a poker game seemingly like any other: Cards whisper against felt, chips ...
New York Post

From the son of a legendary Mafia capo named ‘Quack Quack’ to a wiseguy poker pro — these are the reputed mobsters charged in the NBA gambling scandal

The son of a legendary Mafia capo, a newbie made man and a mobster who did time for an infamous Queens racial attack were among the 13 reputed mobsters busted alongside NBA stars in a sweeping, ...