By Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer
In his prime, vice cops affectionately dubbed him “the gentleman gambler of Montgomery County.” Mayor Frank L. Rizzo called him son-in-law.
And in the gambling world, Joseph Vito Mastronardo Jr. was known as one of America’s premier sports bookmakers, with a network stretching from his home in Huntingdon Valley to a Costa Rican office park that raked in millions from high-end gamblers who thought nothing of dropping $10,000 or more on a game.
But as was abundantly clear as he faced a federal judge Tuesday, Mastronardo’s prime had passed long ago.
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