If you read the book "too fat to fish" by artie Lange, you will soon realize that he is From jersey Buys shitloads of drugs Flew to California, and had his new York guy set him up with a California guy Is able to call people in many different cities and bet 30,000 dollars or more on sports games. Artie is doing business with the Mafia, and while gambling alone won't kill you, you can bet that losing all your money to the mob isn't healthy