🏞️ Sign up for free and exclusive updates: https://camp.beehiiv.com/ David "Chicky" Cecchetelli is a former Bookie for the Genovese Crime Family in Springfield, Massachusetts. Today he explains how the mob actually works, how he confronted the hitman who took out his mob boss, why snitches get no respect, how he lived with the leader of the latin kings, and surviving federal prison. WELCOME TO CAMP THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS Morgan & Morgan Ekster Füm Edited & Produced by @99OvrAll 00:00 INTRO 01:55 Joining the mob 09:30 Degenerate gambling + big WINS 18:50 The gangs, Italian family & Nonna 27:15 No need for gangster movies 31:36 Beatings, Partying + “Cleaning out the office” 40:14 Customers + Social clubs + busting balls 49:34 Pissing off the wrong guys 01:04:47 Getting picked up for possessing firearms 01:10:26 Working, understanding families 01:20:31 Chicky’s boss getting taken out 01:30:45 How much does a mob bookie make? 01:35:02 Street code and those that cross it 01:44:57 Spending money + knowing the law 01:50:23 Laundering money + dry snitchers 01:58:36 Getting pinched in front of EVERYBODY 02:07:45 Chicky is acting now + Leo DiCaprio is a ball buster 02:26:46 Die or prison + Informants 02:28:42 Prison life & losing weight 02:36:40 Tekashi 6ix9ine was never a gangster 02:38:28 Connections + landscaping + knowing how to talk to COs 02:44:23 Prayers mats make great carpets 02:48:37 Camps + own food + Lunch room father 02:53:41 Chicky’s nephew involved w/ Latin Kings + gun possession 03:09:26 No more jail for Chicky + getting roas ted 03:12:45 Watching Sam Kinison 03:13:37 Change can happen 03:14:25 How Chicky got injured in the Navy