How The Sopranos Make Money - Soprano Theories

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Extortion, money laundering, stock fraud, the Esplanade construction projection, Satriale's Pork Store, The Bada Bing, controlling unions, etc. Are all ways that Tony and his family make millions of dollars. But just how important is money in The Sopranos?
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[@blacki4268]

'Give me $1000' - Furio school of business

[@llcooljaz1097]

Up in da club.

[@crosscounty24]

And 1 HDTV Mama Mia

[@PolishGod1234]

Its bullshit, you're ripping us off by a G note!

[@billylee7398]

But did they do 20 years in dah can tho?

[@peppersaltman1805]

Want a soda or something?

[@RayCharound]

for as much time as they spend at Satriales, you never see any customers walking in or out

[@mcsquilliams7044]

Agent harris

[@clamcrewcarclub6017]

Probably bc it’s a known mob hangout/front 🤣

[@pauljstod8804]

@@mcsquilliams7044you nailed it 😂

[@JackBirdbath]

@@mcsquilliams7044Actually that's why I'm here. I've been dying for a Satriale's veal parm hero.

[@ibrown3KC]

​@@mcsquilliams7044LOL, exactly what I was going to say--Agent Harris and his various partners over the years kept Satriales in business! Haha

[@lean.2366]

Tony afforded the yacht mainly because Vito knew how to grease the unions. ✊✊

[@crosscounty24]

With the brown hole lol

[@ccj1227]

And not wasting his time watching TV Land

[@giovannicervantes2053]

​@@ccj1227work is work

[@robertprice5243]

For the last time that is strictly Sills strip bar... Tony has nothing to do with ownership of that place .. he even says it in an episode that sill owns one of the best strip bars in Jersey

[@EmperorMingg]

Absolutely correct. I can only imagine that if he had a desk in the back office of the Bing, he has a job on the payroll here. Same with Beansie’s pizza joints being a cash business, isn’t hard to imagine Tony putting money through the bar and getting paid in clean cash out of it in some kind of management capacity.

[@jasonbodine6033]

Sil’s*

[@foolofatook1271]

Don’t forget lifting dem Pokey-Man cards

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

You forgot the money under Minnie Matrone's bed.

[@SaunKrystian]

She was a Malignant qunt!!!

[@TonyVerrazano]

The malignant one

[@DiegoBuitrago-om2zo]

And the birdfeeder

[@thebeltingbalaclava4798]

All that money just for them to piss it away at blackjack.

[@isaacster5027]

OHHHH

[@Barbarous_Wretch]

Tony just piggy-backed on the success of the vipers

[@rickowenkennedy]

"The Wipers"😊

[@smavi4133]

3:51 how skinny Tony was. I can’t believe my fkn eyes. He looks like a varsity athlete.

[@benghiskahn3673]

IKR. Gandolfini gained so much weight throughout the series.

[@mikehunt4986]

"M'boy are you fat!" That animal Blundetto was right.

[@caponedistillery3416]

It's P diddy fault

[@DiegoBuitrago-om2zo]

​@@mikehunt4986What did you say?

[@mikehunt4986]

@@DiegoBuitrago-om2zo "Reggie Van Gleason the third! Boy are you fat!"

[@awfulfalafelwafflerofl2800]

"Countless times we see Tony drop off money with Slava." "Countless" apparently means 2 to 3 times, now.

[@willy565]

Tony wasn't the owner of the Bing, Silvio was.

[@jessicasevin1870]

I was just thinking Silvio acted like the owner

[@willy565]

During the Columbus Day episode, Tony tells Sil he needs to relax, as he's the owner of one of the most lucrative Strip Clubs in Jersey.@@jessicasevin1870

[@jonnyb.animationstutorials7119]

@@jessicasevin1870 Silvio owned the Bing (Which in real life is called Satin Dolls Bada Bing) and Tony worked at Barone Sanitation. Those are their cover jobs for their taxes. Paulie didn't have a cover job, but he didn't make a lot of money anyways, so it didn't really matter back then.

[@bonkgaming4796]

⁠@@jonnyb.animationstutorials7119paulie also worked at barone. He won waste management employee of the year.

[@jonnyb.animationstutorials7119]

@@bonkgaming4796 Yep! I just remembered that literally a few days ago. He worked at Barone, and for some reason, he looks very unhappy in that photo :( Does he not understand that it's not every day you win Waste Management employee of the year?

[@8OutOf10Hacks]

"In the world of the Sopranos we learn that money is almost crucial to survival"... oppose to the real world where its not much of a big deal and survival is very easy without it right?

[@sabataskull9661]

😅 The sarcasm is strong in this one.😂

[@notevenironicallyfunny204]

sharp as a fucking cue ball

[@ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available]

The sub-prime mortgage crisis took place after the Sopranos had concluded

[@STONESGAM]

The Tony's major gambling addiction storyline in the final season of the show I felt was awkward and just came out of nowhere. There was no build up to it at all and we knew Tony gambled and made money off of gambling but it was usually through them being the bookie's.

[@JackBirdbath]

It's the same principle as the Solar System

[@faysuxxss]

Look up “Tony’s Vicarious Patricide” after reading this you’ll realize this has been building up for a long time.

[@epserafdta9846]

It actually was one of the most important storylines and it didn't came out of nowhere (although it may easily come out as that). This was the result of Tony's image of his father being completely crushed by the meeting with Fran Feldstein, and with that all the morals that Tony has ever known. Season 6b shows crearly the distancing of Tony from all his father figures, that including his own father. This shows the decline of Tony and his arc of eventually becoming an even worse person than he was at the start, and his incapacity to change that was remarked in season 6a

[@masterzombie161]

The reason why it’s like that is to show just how far he’s fallen and becoming the worst version of himself. It was a progression that would eventually lead him to commit his worst acts.

[@odeleon24]

@@epserafdta9846this!

[@FitzChivalry_Chade]

TONY- “Sil, break it down for the comment section. What two businesses have historically been recession proof, since time immemorial?” SILVIO- “Certain aspects of show business, and this thing of ours.” Point proven, best way to diversify your funds is to be involved with the mafia.

[@llcooljaz1097]

Time immemorial

[@masterzombie161]

“What did The Godfather do for the homeless? He made them an offer they couldn’t afford.”

[@lean.2366]

​@@nero48you're making me an offer I can't understand

[@lean.2366]

You forgot how Carmella strongly supplemented the household income with her stock market and real estate endeavors.

[@BM-wh5qk]

Da Bordfeedah!

[@whatsgoingon07]

40 grand from the bird feeder

[@KjWhite-l2h]

😂😂😂 buying overpriced houses and stocks when your mad at your husband is not supplementing anything 😂😂

[@rickymcd2011]

And dont f*£king deny it!​@@whatsgoingon07

[@Ashw1115]

Carmela was a shitty business woman and real estate agent lol. She couldn’t do one thing by herself except take her husbands money 🤣. If Tony wouldn’t have leaned on that building inspector that spec house woulda gone to shit.

[@barbarossa1780]

Cash is everything for these guys! Can you imagine their credit scores?? 😂

[@1994CPK]

Paulie is somehow at 820

[@barbarossa1780]

@@1994CPK That’s cause he knows his ABADA

[@docdave15]

One thing I realized after watching this show: I'm glad I don't have a gambling problem. I've got my vices, don't get me wrong. But.... marone!

[@peppersaltman1805]

Boy does he eat alone

[@WatchingMamut]

​@@peppersaltman1805 he doesn't even pass the salt!

[@JohnMoog-ug6bk]

Not just money but easy money, the comparison to Tony being Dr. Cusimano next door. What distinguishes OC is love of money + hatred of work. Like when Vito tried honest manual labor & gave up after an hour or so. Or when Jackie Jr. dropped out of Rutgers premed because he couldn’t be bothered to study “nucleotides.”

[@primocorona4331]

Interesting how quickly Vito lost his work ethic and adapted fully to the gangster lifestyle. When we first see him, he the foreman of the little construction crew building Beansie's ramp. Doesn't take long before he can't bear an hour of work fixing up a barn.

[@westington1]

@@primocorona4331Very true, and even going as far as to change his name from Gino to Vito too - really shows what the mafia lifestyle does to you 😆

[@NotSureJoeBauers]

I think Tony had a share in Barone because Dick was in debt from loan sharking. He got his share of his ownership by way of the salary and the medical insurance. But he was also responsible for the extortion of the customers. He could also take fuel and make extra cash by arranging to put red-tag medical waste into landfill and dispose of asbestos through Barones landfill connections. He wasn't just an employee. Thats why he got a severance from Cinelli when Phil edged in after that dipchip Jason got the company

[@paulrobinson3213]

Money is important. In other news, water is wet.

[@TVSTGProductions]

VIDEO IDEA! “Who told Phil that Tony calls him ‘The Shah of Iran’?”

[@sabataskull9661]

Paulie? Carmine thinks the world of him.

[@odeleon24]

Nobody: *Video gets uploaded* Johnny Sack: Again with the money!

[@theantone7476]

Give me 1000 dollars

[@JangianTV]

...One thousand more?

[@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740]

Tony and his family also model after the Dicavelcante family. The real Jersey mob. The oldest mob family on the East coast. They were around even before Lucky Luciano organized the five families from the five boroughs

[@osman732]

centuries of tradition here

[@nurkenrustem6044]

​@@osman732Why dont we run this thing like a council?

[@sabataskull9661]

​@@nurkenrustem6044What? Is this FUCKING UN, NOW? (The phantom of Johnny Sacks shouts)😂

[@nurkenrustem6044]

@@sabataskull9661 Allright allright, forget I said it!

[@avernvrey7422]

Hesh wasn't "taxed" till Junior. So, he never was an income source for Tony. Supposedly, because he was a friend of Johnny Boy and gave them financial advice, but Hesh's situation never really made much sense. Hesh would have been competition with Tony's loan sharks and a net negative to Tony's income. For the sporting goods store, it declared bankruptcy and Tony was never the owner or officially associated with it. Tony was having the T1000 order as much inventory as possible (business to business sales are done via terms, with 45, 90, or more days to pay for the inventory), and then Tony was stealing/taking all the inventory to sell elsewhere or firesale it in the store for quick repayment to Tony, but the manufacturers will never be paid, and the store will default. Thus, the sporting goods store wasn't used to launder money (show income to the IRS), as there wouldn't be any official income and Tony wouldn't want to be an owner of it (since the owner was likely going to be arrested).

[@SubManifest]

It’s established on the first few episodes that 10% of Hesh’s shy is directly related to their families sports book. It’s a partnership and Tony states this directly.

[@avernvrey7422]

@@SubManifest That number doesn't make much sense either. What's the other 90%? Loan sharks overwhelmingly provide illegal betting loans as that's not something you can get from elsewhere. Anyway, "direct competition with Tony's loan sharks." The issue is this claim that Hesh "is not taxed," (no percentage of his earning is turned over) and of course he can't be made, so he doesn't kick up to anyone. Maybe, the argument could be that he provides liquidity for the gamblers to keep spending? but really that would be the place for loan sharks who do kick to Tony. All in all, if he isn't taxed he's not contributing to Tony (or Junior before he demanded it). Real reason he's there is homage to Hyman Roth.

[@JJJ111JJJ]

I'm reminded of Louis the whatever's finance minister, De something. He built this chateau, it even outshone Ver-sales.

[@murraykelm5691]

I guess were all gansters ,since we all need money.

[@dr3dg352]

Thank you so much for making this! While I finally started to understand the business mechanics after a couple rewatches, it would've been so nice to have this reference material earlier. :)

[@Juan_Blanqo]

"there are millions of dollars at stake", Carmine Lupertazzi

[@jerriotglencamp7562]

Best series ever. Tony sponano gotta pay a mortgage on his house, buy food and pay car payments. Realistic show

[@clydelain3712]

“The Sopranos” is definitely the best series ever made. Why I say it? Because, even after all of these years, I not only watch it, but I LOVE following KZbin channels that show clips, fan theories, so on and so forth. SALUTE!!

[@clash5j]

I wish Gandolfini understood the importance of money, because the way he set things up really screwed his family over when he passed away

[@Governing368]

I love how bobby acted when he was told Tony had a bunch of money on some horse. He's like"I'm excited, what you want from me ?":0

[@tacticalpossum7090]

Whats next, a video on how eating is necessary to live?

[@PYRO-ON]

Boycott Netflix till they bring Sopranos back….Boycott HBO until they create a Time Machine and give the Sopranos a lifetime contract 😢 We miss u James Gandolfini & Tony Sirico !!!

[@sit2go]

You forgot to mention that Tony launders his money through Beansies pizza parlor chains. They brought it up in Season 2.

[@SuperExponential]

it used to be said that stealing wine from the Vipers would lead to sit down....with members only

[@gustavklimskii4836]

«Hustle never ends»

[@briankrosky3567]

Good shit bruh. This was well done.

[@magnanimousj]

I've always been curious how the executive game works. I'm guessing that the house takes a cut of each pot and in return provides the venue, food and drink, etc. What I don't get is why half the players are in Tony's crew. The other players know this. Why don't they think they are getting hustled? All they have to do is drag the game out as long as possible and no matter who wins the hands, eventually the house gets all the money. The other players are shown to be good at cards, so what am I missing here?

[@osman732]

They are selling the thrill of hanging out and gambling in illicit games with real gangsters and high rollers. Junior compares it to credit cards when he explains the origins to Tony "they juice you to death, and you thank em for letting you have a card. You'd rather be juiced then pay all at once." The players know they are being squeezed, but they can afford it, they're in it for the thrill, stories and memories. The crew also makes occasional big money on executive stunads like Davey who lose big and have businesses that can be busted out.

[@JGD714]

Cut of each pot indeed, plus getting gambling addicts to loan money to. As for the why, yeah it's the thrill like the other guy said, but I'd think it's a different kind of thrill. It's a gambling thrill. You know you're walking into the house where the odds are against you. That makes winning feel even better. It's just that, my guy. Same thing that makes Las Vegas run.

[@daltonstephenson7669]

It’s called a rake. Every hand they take a small cut. It’s how are casino works and how the underground game works. You see sunshine, take a black Shep and put it in the can. Also, Tony extended $45,000 in credit to Dave’s who lost it at the game. They also work together, cell and poly create action. And later, when they bring in people like JT, Dolan, and other bad players, they keep them up against good players, like Vito, who is a good card player. Vito then kicks up part of his winnings

[@Choptron27]

Best intro ever! 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@tibettenballs4962]

I like head 😮 So much. That I steal head. 😮 My little sister ? She’s a head twister ! Stroking that slim Jim ! And making the skin tin ! Royal suqq jobs. Commissioned. By my little sister. ❤❤ You in?

[@SavingSoulsMinistries]

it took me 29 years, but i finally watched the sopranos. what a wonderful series, it did drag on at some parts but overall its in my top 5 tv shows of all time. Kind of gave me the "Lost" Tv show vibes in terms of symbology and the question of death/ coming to terms with death. Very interesting and thought provoking1 My grandpa was actually an extra in the show sitting in a diner , He is also John Gotti's second cousin. i dont really know how to feel about Gotti given the circumstances but its still a cool thing in my book. He owned a auto body shop in Colonia Nj for close to 60 years and is still built like a bag of concrete in his 80's, we aren't that close so i have no idea if he is connected , when i do see him he doesnt speak about anything involving his personal life. I grew up in sparta NJ and moved to union NJ when i was 17 so seeing this show was a long time coming. I binged the whole series in like 2 weeks 🤣

[@ncapone87]

@billharmony8121 You didn't know Sopranos started in 1994? ;)

[@JacobDean88]

​@@ncapone87 Ohhh yeah.... I forgot. It was on in-between Tales Of The Crypt and Dream On

[@camillecarroll106]

Also the car sales he worked out with relatives in Italy.

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

David had it coming tho Richie told to stop coming to his games until he was paid and Tony only let him keep playing because he knew David couldn’t pay the money back

[@Argos-xb8ek]

Tony got two of his best earners killed either directly or indirectly

[@LtJackboot]

'For the love of money is the root of all evil.'

[@mvl9591]

In New Jersey, routes is pronounced “roots.”

[@griffinkelly8694]

When you add up the sanitation job, the Bing, the pork store and the no work/no shows, you wonder why they’d even wanna do other scams and hits.

[@genekelly8467]

You desription of how Tony's family works is just like how the MA State Government operates!

[@A_r78]

Very allegorical

[@FlipWarBucks]

Did they make you censor Mr.Barones 1st name?

[@backforblood3421]

Countless times? Slava is only in two episodes.

[@TooLooze]

Tony should have invested in spec homes.

[@viammortis]

Who the fuck wrote this script lmao? "Money is everything when it comes to the Sopranos, as we know" is repeated like 89 times

[@sabataskull9661]

Probably Albert Barese and two times guy from Goodfellas. Probably Albert Barese and two times guy from Goodfellas

[@whogon]

These are great videos you do a good job good 👍

[@Bubbles_Utonium]

Thank you for still making videos🥰

[@paulevans6066]

“Don’t forget property taxes…..and those you HAVE to pay”

[@murraymclean9072]

Everyone one has a price..meet it.

[@vortega472]

And if anyone has any questions on money laundering - I highly recommend the KZbin clip from Breaking Bad where Saul explains it to Jesse.

[@wallypeanuts]

Well Done sir.

[@lil-neutron1437]

I could tell this was gonna be a great video from the very start "gabagool"

[@CD-yr8tw]

Good analysis.

[@sacpilot]

3:00 Tony does not own the Bada Bing, Silvio Dante does.

[@ashley3k]

For the love of money is the root of all evil 💔 rip tony

[@davidbaldwin2937]

Take a shot every time the word money is said

[@hopoff9968]

This is very interesting, I wonder how profitable the crime syndicate is nowadays.

[@spador-man1589]

Two words waste management

[@ArturoGarzaID]

4:40 Vergona 😂

[@DrLeroyGreen]

I never understood why Tony didn't make AJ's lazy ass get the newspaper instead of taking the risk himself. F***! It's not like AJ was doing anything anyway.

[@neonpitchforks]

Wait wait! I’m supposed to BELIEVE money is important???! THATSCAHRAAAAZY

[@joelburgos69]

Money, get away You get a good job with more pay and you're okay Money, it's a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash

[@osbaldohernandez9174]

Let’s be real Carmella doesn’t leave because if she goes so does the luxury lifestyle we would all do the same

[@samclark9384]

hesh did not actually give tony any money he was not taxed and the bada bing was owned by silvio

[@NotSureJoeBauers]

Bada-Bing was "owned" and run by Silvio. But Tony was the real owner and a salaried employee

[@janiterinadrum1627]

It’s a thing of honor… and respect

[@Governing368]

I wish Brendan had lived longer

[@Void7.4.14]

It's almost certainly just regular ol organized crime stuff. Today they'd be pulling a lotta online schemes like most of La Cosa Nostra is, they've modernized a lot and bring in tons of cash today because of it while the risks are significantly lower than ever warring is near non-existent at this point because of it even if many reliable sources of income like taxing criminals, keeping book, debt collection, counterfitting, etc, are still common. Most of which is mundane and doesn't make for good TV. But we also just don't see a lotta that stuff cause it's simply not important to the story, we don't even see the bulk of the family cause that's not the point. It's not a mafia show, it's a story that happens to have characters that are in the mafia. One big one is providing protection for other criminals outside of LCN. We see Chrissy shake down drug dealers, gambling operations outside LCN pay a tax, hitmen pay for protection, brothels, etc. That's a significant revenue stream cause even high level traffickers will need to pay for protection and access to a given market. If LCN runs a port and a cartel wants to run dope through it they need to find an agreement that works for both parties. Like is said in that famous Goodfellas' scene, they're basically enforcement for people that can't go to the pigs.

[@hamsweet9100]

Yeah, time are tough now a day.

[@douglasschultz9808]

I wonder how they would deal with crypto and all these digital transactions now?

[@rellgreen6558]

The first episode of a fourth season is not a "pilot". The Stugots is a boat, not a yacht. You don't have the makings of a varsity channel.

[@disturbedconfessions]

5 crews X $6000 = 30k a week 30x52 = ?a year minimum

[@TotalMaggotz]

ey tone, my money don't jiggle jiggle

[@Conky88]

Tony doesn't own the badabing

[@hlf_coder6272]

F@ck the tomatoes, I’ll take the scarole

[@LongDongJohnson0705]

I never know if youtubers are misprouncing words intentionally or not. Ive been told that they do it intentionally to drum up comments...not sure if true or nkt. However i cant recall seeing a KZbin vid without at least one...

[@allrisk7319]

I have a question if someone could help me out. Why in the modern day would someone go to an illegal gambling den when surely there are plenty of legal gambling places someone could go to?

[@daltonstephenson7669]

When you go to a casino to play cards, you will be up against stiffer competition. If you can get into good underground games, there are often week players that are more exploitable. For things like betting on sports, the casino wants you to pay in cash where your local book he takes credit. The additional benefits are you’re not reporting the income or pay taxes on it

[@allrisk7319]

@@daltonstephenson7669 Thanks for explaining 😀

[@daltonstephenson7669]

Also all those points aside, the real reason people go is private atmosphere. Known players, better food and service, controlled environment. Really if you have a good private game, why go to a casino?

[@craigmcpherson1455]

I watched a documentary about the "real" Tony Soprano. An FBI agent said the mafia gambling dens provided the best odds to attract players. I guess the lack of taxes allowed that.

[@buzzardleflesh334]

here in NYC it’s mainly about being in on something secret and illegal…people like to be able to say they play at connected games

[@GooniesNeverSayDie1980]

All the mafioso in the Sopranos were broke, in debt, in fear, living scam check to scam check, so of course money was extremely important.😆

[@enolan533]

Sil owns the bing?

[@MannyMensah94]

Dope video..

[@SopranoTheories]

Thanks 💯

[@ArmyJames]

The phrase is “setting foot in”, not “stepping foot in”. What else can you step with - your hands?

[@garyv6442]

First off Tony don't own the Bada bing Silvo does

[@sashennaidoo27]

correction. bada bing was run by Silvio

[@SopranoTheories]

But owned by Tony.

[@anagramconfirmed1717]

RIP HEADPHONES USERS with that goofball intro squelch.

[@kevinw8276]

They mostly do "take out"

[@michaelmckenna2179]

Bing is a laundering perfection see Ozark

[@tonyscott658]

Cash is King in that World and the world we all live in we all need and want money some just take it

[@T-roc57]

Da Shy brings in how much alone?!?

[@Lady_Boo]

Omg...Organized Crime is ALL about money!

[@BobBobson-w3z]

Where’s ep 3 f word counter