Nicholas J. "Buddy" Ciotti was a Chicago Outfit associate and poker machine kingpin. Ciotti was the owner of All Games Amusement Inc., which supplied illegal video gambling machines to several Chicago suburbs, including Stone Park, Northlake, Melrose Park, Franklin Park and

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. In 2000 he pleaded guilty in federal court to gambling conspiracy and

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charges. He was released from prison on August 2, 2002 and died several months later at the age of 58.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ciotti, Nicolas 1944 births 2003 deaths American gangsters of Italian descent Chicago Outfit mobsters People from Melrose Park, Illinois