How Bowling Became A Front For Mob Money (And Murder)
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In January 1963, the Milwaukee Mob murdered a jukebox operator who ran routes through bowling alleys across Wisconsin. Anthony Biernat — 85 machines across cocktail lounges, bowling alleys, and the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Frank Balistrieri's Milwaukee crime family wanted the concession. Biernat refused. Three men dragged him from a Kenosha train station January 7, 1963. Body found three weeks later, frozen in a basement floor. The bowling trade press ran nothing. Bowlers Journal International published no sustained coverage. The PBA — whose founders were active in Chicago-area bowling while Biernat's route operated — has no surfaced acknowledgment in any archive. The documentation sits at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. Full breakdown: youtu.be/P4FC9I5jSts
