George Anastasia, The Philadelphia Inquirer's veteran organized crime reporter, wrote an interesting piece about how the Philly mob didn't have to resort to violence to take over video poker gambling racket.
They didn't break legs, because they didn't have to.
They lived off the reputation of the organization and the gangsters who came before them.
And they made a lot of money.
That was the picture of the Philadelphia mob painted by federal prosecutors Wednesday at bail hearings for two top members of the crime family arrested Monday in a racketeering-gambling case.
You can read the rest of the newspaper story via the below link:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/122642549.html?viewAll=y
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