Mob Blog: Black Sunday, November 6, 2012

[dcs_p]”It’s the lines, Lou,” my friend says to me. We’re sitting at a breakfast joint on Linton, in Delray Beach.  My friend has had a rough week. He’s down  a hundred grand from Sunday’s action alone. In fact, I just handed him eighty thousand in cash, in a plastic Winn Dixie bag. It killed my buddy to ask me, but he’s been in business forty years, and it’s not the first time I’ve extended a helping hand. I know he’s good for it.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Vegas is calling what happened on Sunday as “Black Sunday,” because the bettors cleaned up on straights and slips. According to my friend, it’s their fault. “Vegas can’t put out a decent line anymore,” he says, lamenting the days of Jimmy the Greek. He gives a sad shake of his head. “It’s not a good time to be a bookmaker, Lou.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime thrillers, Stella di Mare and Louie Morelli’s Daughter.  She writes about mobsters and millionaires in South Florida and New Orleans. This blog is written in the voice of her main character, Louie Morelli. Louie Morelli’s Daughter available at Amazon & B&N. Also in ebook format.