Poker Machine Crime Enforcer | Paul Schiffbauer Sr.

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

Society & Culture

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Army veteran Paul Schiffbauer, Sr. got a civilian job that led him to a criminal enterprise. Hired to collect money from vending machines, Paul was soon in on the real purpose of his company — to run an illegal gambling operation. This was the early ‘90s in Maryland, and video poker games were only supposed to be used for “amusement” purposes. Paul moved up in the organization and ended up lobbying politicians, making “political donations” that were really pay-offs, and racketeering, money laundering, fraud, extortion, and bribery. Paul wrote a book about his experiences called “Amusement Only” and talks with Ian about his life 30 years ago and what he’s up to now. Big thank you to FACTOR for sponsoring this episode. Go to: FACTORMEALS.com/lockedin50 and use code lockedin50 to get 50% off your first box. Connect with Paul Schiffbauer Sr.: https://www.youtube.com/@pigeonface Connect with Ian Bick: https://www.ianbick.com/ 00:00 Intro 00:40- 01:01:20 (FACTOR AD) 02:20 Childhood 04:14 Military and wanting to be a FBI Agent 06:30 Connection to the Vending Business and Start 14:44 Growing up middle class 18:34 Why Law Enforcement? 19:19 Operations of the Vending Machine business 25:16 Finding out he’s doing something illegal 34:05 Gambling Machines 37:10 First Raid reaction and Blackmail 40:12 Factor AD 42:17 Politicians able to Diverge Laws 50:45 Engaging in Illegal Activities 59:01 Enforcer 1:09:24 Wire Tapped and FBI investigation 1:22:09 Relief of avoiding any trouble Subscribe to our membership program on YouTube to get early access to interviews, see behind the scenes photos, live chat with Ian & more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvVklIft6DMelVW18M0oBw/join Powered by Q29 Productions, LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.8	Welcome back to Lockton with Ian Bick, one of the top 200 podcasts for society and culture in America.
0:57.8	Thanks to you guys. Much love and appreciations as always. On today's episode, we have an exciting guest,
1:04.7	a little bit different story because he didn't actually end up going to prison, but he lived a crazy
1:10.1	life, went to the military,
1:12.2	and ends up getting himself involved in an illegal gambling ring in operation. In today's
1:18.6	episode, we dive in to what exactly caused him to join this operation and how he was able to get
1:25.5	out of it before any major ramifications hit his life.
1:29.8	Thank you to Factor for continuing to sponsor the Locked In with the NBIC podcast.
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