Former illegal bookmaker Mathew Bowyer reflects on Nevada’s Black Book and sports betting’s future

Mathew Bowyer is the former illegal bookmaker for Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. Now out of prison, he questions his recent inclusion in Nevada’s Black Book, which bans him from casinos in the state. Bowyer told The Mob Museum that he wishes that gaming regulators would make it possible for individual bookkeepers to do business.


Jury convicts Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis in Tupac Shakur murder after years of public admissions

A few pages in a memoir led to a murder conviction for Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was charged with…


Bugsy Siegel death house for sale in Beverly Hills

The Beverly Hills, California, mansion where Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was shot to death in 1947 is on the market for…


Hollywood’s ‘Bugsy’ is entertaining but plays fast and loose with the facts

In the 1991 movie Bugsy, Warren Beatty, portraying mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, stands in the desert near Highway 91 south…


Anna Genovese’s life examined in ‘Mob Queens’ podcast, HBO series

Being married to violent Mafia boss Vito Genovese, according to wife Anna Genovese in a court filing, “endangered her health…


Big Mob trouble in the Big Easy

Organized crime’s influence in New Orleans is at the center of a legal drama airing on Showtime through January. Titled…


Re-edited ‘Godfather: Part III’ wins applause

Francis Ford Coppola’s re-edit of The Godfather: Part III is receiving praise from critics who say the changes have streamlined…


‘Goodfellas’ still going strong after 30 years

In the painting, a man with white hair and beard, his left hand steering an outboard motor, is piloting a…


Multiple podcast series put ‘Sopranos’ stars back in limelight

Sitting around in pajama pants, Robert Iler and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, friends who starred together on The Sopranos, decided to start…


Cocaine trafficking breeds violence in ZeroZeroZero

About 10 cartel assassins armed with AK-47s and grenade launchers stormed the deputy police chief’s house at 5 a.m., snuffed…