Vincent Del Giudice’s gambling ring generated as much as $161 million in a single year and employed mob-connected runners, corrupt cops and even Casey Urlacher, the brother of the ex-Chicago Bear
Vincent Del Giudice, 54, of Orland Park leaves after arraignment hearing at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday, March 4, 2020.
On Wednesday, Del Giudice, 56, who goes by the nickname “Uncle Mick,” was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for gambling conspiracy and money laundering charges, marking an end to what prosecutors have described as the biggest illegal bookmaking case ever to be brought in Chicago. “I understand what I did was wrong and I affected many people with my poor decisions,” he said. “I would like nothing more than to start the process of making things right for my family, my friends and the community.”
“It’s all due to Urlacher,” someone affiliated with the site texted to Del Giudice in February 2020, according to evidence filed by prosecutors. “I like you and you’re a good guy but we have choice but to shut it down.” Also acting as an agent was Nicholas Stella, 44, an 18-year veteran Chicago police officer, according to the indictment. Stella pleaded guilty to his role in the gambling ringAll of the other agents sentenced so far in the case have been given probation.by President Donald Trump last month just hours before he left the White House.
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