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Suddenly, your office basketball pool seems kind of childish

Apr 2, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT

How can you not love a story that involves a guy named “Joe Vito,” who is suspected of running a multimillion dollar, cross-state sports gambling operation, and who had almost $1 million in cash hidden in PVC pipe in his backyard that authorities dug up with a backhoe? If you guessed his recent bust happened in Philadelphia, you win a boxed set of Seasons 1-3 of The Sopranos. Bonus if you knew that Vito — real name Joseph Mastronardo Jr. — is the son-in-law of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo.
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