v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Doclda: 32309671 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10300-10037 HQ CR 162-1574-2, | Document Information FBI WILLIAMS, BILLIE D. DIRECTOR, FBI 07/15/1965 15 APR, ASSOC, CRAP GAME, MISUR PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/08/1998 INDEFINITE INC RPT Date: 6/24/201
NK 162-797 Identity ‘NK T-6 - NK 2404-C NK T-7 _ NK 2381-C LEADS BEWARK AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. Will maintain contact with informants who have attended the crap game in order to be aware -of resumption of the game. . AT TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, Will maintain liaison with New Jersey State Police and provide any assistance which might result in a successful raid by that agency. NEW YORK: (INFORMATION) One copy of this report. is being furnished to the . New York Office in view of information reflected herein from New York informants. New York will note that this investigation is now being carried: as a 162 matter in order to facilitate submission of a report. New York refer to their file 166-512 (THOMAS EBOLI ; ETAL, ITAR | - GAMBLING). co _ Cover Page | Docla: 32309671 Page 5
NK 162-797 . Paterson Plank Road, Union: City, was scheduled to resume operation on June 27, 1964, after. having been closed for a short while. NK T-1 advised on May 26, 1965, that MATTY SABATO's . crap game in Union City, New Jersey, had been closed for three weeks due to pressure from the Hudson County, New Jersey, Prosecutor's Office. Informant stated that the game was scheduled to resume operation on May 28, 1965. On June 8, 1965, this informant reported that the game had been resumed. NK T-1 had previously advised on September 11, 1964, that MATTY SABATO's crap game closes down for brief periods of time and then resumes play. NK T-5 advised on January ll, 1965, that MATTY SABATO's. crap game was then in operation in Union City. In- formant stated that this. is a well run, high-class game, — which is attended by a large crowd. Source stated that the game is popular because the dice are in a. "cage" and are not _ handled by any of the players. NK T-7 advised on April 26, 1965, that during the evenings of April 25, 1965, and April 26, 1965, he attended a crap game being operated over Gorman's Liquor Store near the Transfer Station in Union City. Informant stated games are held on Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights starting at about 10:00 P.M. and at 3:00 P.M. on Sundays. Informant — stated that there is a $300.00 Limit on the bets at the game, - and he estimated that approximately seventy men were in at- tendance. NK T-7 reported | on: -June 28, 1965, that the game was in operation as late as June 25, 1965. On July 4, 1965, the source reported that the game had been closed for several days and that he will report to this office when the game is resumed. On April 15, 1964, Captain GEORGE ROMANO, Union City, New Jersey, Police Department, advised SA JAMES F. SNIDER that he has known MATTY SABATO for a number of years and that for — the past several years SABATO has operated a card game at 606 - Paterson Plank Road in Union City. ROMANO stated to his know- ledge no dice were played at this address and that SABATO's clientele were. businessmen from the immediate area. ROMANO stated that he had received a number of com- plaints regarding SABATO's game and had attempted to catch the 3 DoclId: 32309671 Page 6