{"id":238,"date":"2021-05-18T16:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ex-mafia-capo-michael-franzese-thinks-legal-connecticut-sports-betting-is-a-garbage-business\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:45:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T13:45:24","slug":"ex-mafia-capo-michael-franzese-thinks-legal-connecticut-sports-betting-is-a-garbage-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/ex-mafia-capo-michael-franzese-thinks-legal-connecticut-sports-betting-is-a-garbage-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Mafia Capo Michael Franzese Thinks Legal Connecticut Sports Betting is a Garbage Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Spis tre\u015bci<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/ex-mafia-capo-michael-franzese-thinks-legal-connecticut-sports-betting-is-a-garbage-business\/#Remade_Man\" title=\"Remade Man\u00a0\">Remade Man\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/ex-mafia-capo-michael-franzese-thinks-legal-connecticut-sports-betting-is-a-garbage-business\/#Fixed_Yankees_Games\" title=\"Fixed Yankees Games \">Fixed Yankees Games <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Michael Franzese, former caporegime of the Colombo Crime Family, isn\u2019t sold on this whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/connecticut-sports-betting-in-race-to-launch-for-nfl-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">regulated sports betting thing.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171702\" data-style=\"width: 1491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-171702 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-142x87.jpg?x38396\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-142x87.jpg?x38396\" alt=\"Franzese\" width=\"1491\" height=\"915\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN.jpg 1491w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-142x87.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1491px) 100vw, 1491px\" data- title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-171702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN.jpg?x38396\" alt=\"Franzese\" width=\"1491\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN.jpg 1491w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-142x87.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FRAN-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1491px) 100vw, 1491px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">Michael Franzese went from wise guy to nice guy, saving his wisdom for motivational speeches at Church conferences. (image: YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As reported by the <em>New Haven Register<\/em>, the ex-wise guy told attendees at an online discussion on sports integrity for the University of New Haven that Connecticut\u2019s legalization of betting has him \u201cworried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In mid-March, after two years of hitting a brick wall, the state\u2019s two federally recognized tribes reached a deal with Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont that will allow gambling expansion that includes sports betting. In return, their Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos will increase revenue-share payments with the state.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p>Look, you know I\u2019ve always been against legalized gambling, online especially,\u201d said Franzese, the son of Colombo underboss Sonny Franzese. \u201cFrom a standpoint of people gambling more \u2026 gambling addiction spreading, that\u2019s what the state should be worried about. I\u2019m worried about people and their livelihoods,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remade_Man\"><\/span><strong>Remade Man\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/lombardis-pizzeria-cant-open-at-parx-due-to-mafia-ties-judge-rules\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Mob<\/a>, which counts illegal gambling as a bread-and-butter revenue stream, is perhaps right to be worried about legal and licensed sports betting. One of the strongest arguments for regulation is that it disrupts illegal gambling monopolies, thereby weakening organized crime.<\/p>\n<p>But Franzese\u2019s concerns about potential social ills are apparently genuine. He became a born\u2013again Christian during a spell in prison for gas bootlegging in the 1980s and, on his release, went straight.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he denounces the Mafia life as \u201can evil life\u201d and makes a living as a motivational speaker at schools, prisons, churches and Christian conferences.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fixed_Yankees_Games\"><\/span><strong>Fixed Yankees Games <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But Franzese does know a thing or two about sports integrity, or the lack thereof. During his Mafia days, he was a silent partner in a sports agency that once represented 44 NCAA athletes and has admitted bribing amateur athletes to fix games.<\/p>\n<p>Even more sensationally, Franzese has claimed that in the 1970s and 1980s he convinced some New York Yankees players who were in debt to the Mob to fix games, an allegation that has been denied by the team officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p>Match fixing is always going to go on,\u201d Franzese claimed. \u201cAs long as you have people willing to gamble and other people willing to take advantage of that person, then you\u2019re going to have match fixing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Backers of sports betting in Connecticut and other states will argue that modern data analytics can detect suspicious wagering patterns that should expose attempted match fixing.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut is targeting the new NFL season in the fall for the launch of sports betting and online gaming in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/michael-franzese-thinks-connecticut-sports-betting-is-garbage-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ex-Mafia Capo Michael Franzese Thinks Legal Connecticut Sports Betting is a Garbage Business<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Franzese, former caporegime of the Colombo Crime Family, isn\u2019t sold on this whole regulated sports betting thing. Michael Franzese went from wise guy to nice guy, saving his wisdom for motivational speeches at Church conferences. 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