"Red" MacDonald Abe Fox California Casino History Colma--California Emilio "Gombo" Georgetti Gambling Gambling History Gambling: Bookmaking Gambling: Illegal Governing / Regulatory Bodies: California Crime Commission Guarantee Finance Co. (Southern California) It Really Happened John O'Neil Olmo Group Ralph Cody Sam Termini San Mateo County--California United States Willow Tree (Colma, CA)
Illegal Bookmaking Enterprise Flourishes in the City of Souls
1949-1950 During the Prohibition years in California, 1919 to 1934, San Mateo County was a hotbed for illegal vices — gambling, prostitution and drinking. Even a Mobster, Hillsborough-based Sam Termini, said the county was the…