Illegal Casinos Across America: Mafia Rackets Beyond Las Vegas

This episode pulls back the curtain on illicit gambling operations outside Nevada—exploring how families like New York’s Genovese, New Jersey’s DeCavalcante, Florida’s Trafficante clan, Louisiana’s Marcellos, and Kentucky underworlds turned underground card rooms into money‑laundering hubs. It examines how the cash from these games fed loansharking networks that financed labor rackets, construction schemes, and drug skims—and how state regulators and federal agents eventually cracked down on them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices