Mafia Carpet Joints

Carpet joints the mafia s traditions in south florida date to the 1930s gambling heydays in broward when meyer lansky and his associates came south to claim a piece of the action in dozens of.

Mafia carpet joints.

As opposed to the traditional clip joints at which patrons never knew the tricks of the house lansky operated carpet joints that ran with a staff and management team who were completely honest according to the boss himself of course. Every suit and tie and tin star in town was looped in prosecutors political bosses the sheriff and the police chief. Establishments that offered these services were called carpet joints the beverly hills club was the most popular of all the parlors. Dean martin was once employed as a blackjack dealer there.

Mug shot of capone in miami florida 1930. A clean safe place to spend an evening out on the town enjoying good food a floor show and gambling. Many carpet manufacturers put an arrow on the back of the carpet to help you match the carpet s nap. Lansky ensured that the staff administering the games consisted of men of high integrity.

Any print or pattern in the carpet s weave must match along the carpet joints as well. The several clubs run by peter schmidt an independent who fought control by the syndicate all his life were major at least in the events that took place there. Carpet joints were the wave of the future it was what americans flush with cash and ready for fun wanted. As author selwyn raab points out in his book five families lansky s illegal gambling clubs commonly known as carpet joints were more upscale with fine food and drinks and better furnished than the ordinary grimy parlors run by the mob in new york and other big cities.

Capone s mansion may be the larger than life example of mobsters living in south florida but in terms of numbers hollywood may take the title. And the lookout housebecame the top carpet joints run by the cleveland syndicate. Back in the 1930s and 1940s hallandale beach was. Lansky s carpet joints in florida and elsewhere were never clip joints where gamblers were unsure of whether or not the games were rigged against them.