Hi, my name is Joseph Pigliatti. I am also known as Joey the
Pig, Joey Toe Jam, Two Guns Joey and Joey Cream Pie. If you
don't mind, I prefer Joey the Pig.
The good folks at gambleonthis.com asked me a question the other
day and requested I answer it in an article. Their question was
- What does organized crime think about gambling? To wit, my
article answer lies below.
I don't get to meet with the Big Bosses very often. After all,
they are the Big Bosses and they are busy with stuff. They have
a lot of administrative duties like intervening in places and
with people who are hurting their business's and planning out
the future of their families and setting up hits and so forth
and so on.
But last summer I was at the racetrack with Don Corleonona. It
was one of those sizzling hot days and I hadn't won a single
race all day. That was when Don Corleona turned to me and said
"Joey the Pig, I likes you. But you are a lousy race track
gambler. If you could pick horses like you pick your nose you'd
be rich."
When Don Corleonona says something like that there is not much
one can say. First of all, he is the Don. You think I want to
get whacked over something like that? Forget about it! Second of
all he was right.
A few weeks ago I was eating dinner with Don Gigabytes at Skinny
Albert's Italian-American eatery in Little Italy. We had quite
the spread. I was eating the veal, and as most of you already
know Skinny Albert's has the best veal this side of Rome.
Anyhow, we was watching the basketball game on the TV and the
Knicks were getting trounced. Unfortunately, I had bet heavily
on the Knicks. At the sound of the buzzer after the Knicks had
lost by 72 points Don Gigabytes turned to me and said "Joey the
Pig, I likes you. If only you could handicap basketball like you
handicap a plate of veal you'd be a rich."
There was not much I could say to that. He was the Don and he
was right. Luckily I'm much better at poker and Blackjack.
So, as you can see, organized crime does think about gambling
just as normal people like you and me do. I hope the good folks
at gambleonthis.com like my article. I enjoyed remembering it.
Until next time, arrivederci.
© 2006 by Joseph Pigliatti
About the author:
Joesph (Joey the Pig) Pigliatti is a contributing article writer
at
http://www.gambleonthis.com
