Originally Posted by The Boz View Post
Hammonton on the way to AC was a central location for the Mob in the 80’s and 90’s. Joey Merlino had people there he trusted to manage their attempts to move into AC. The stories of the wise guys back then are the stuff of legends.
One of the most interesting, informative books I've read is "The Boardwalk Jungle" by Ovid Demaris: highly recommended.

It talks in large part about how the mob was involved when casinos came to Atlantic City.

A tale of corruption, greed, and hiding the ball: typical NJ.

My dad worked for Bally's in the early years: nobody fucked with the mob back then, it seems pretty much everybody was either on the take or looked the other way.

The notion employed in both AC and LV that having corporations own casinos and not mobsters will end mob involvement in casinos is, was and always will be a pipe dream.