[1] Palmisano married Jean Rose née Lassa in 1952; the two bought a home in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin[1] and had four children: Angela, John, Patricia and Angeline.

[2] In 1962, Palmisano and two others were arrested on bookmaking charges for taking bets on basketball games by US Marshals, the IRS, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the office of the United States Attorney.

An artist painted a picture of Palmisano with a bottle of Early Times whiskey and he intended the image to portray "the King of Commission Row".

[4] Authorities suspected him of being part of the Milwaukee Mafia and the FBI set up a wiretap on Palmisano's phone.

[7] Palmisano used his income to open a tavern called Ritchie's (later renamed Palmy's), using the backrooms to run illegal games of chance.

All charges were dropped after the two women refused to testify by stating their intentions to leave town; Bruns received a cash settlement from Palmisano's lawyers.

[10] On the morning of June 30, 1978, Palmisano went to the underground parking of the Juneau Garden Village Apartments where he lived.

[4] Weeks after the bombing, Frank Balistrieri, the head of the Milwaukee Mafia, reportedly said, "Let me tell you what happened to a guy named Augie".

[1] The Capital Times newspaper published an article with the headline "Blast Kills Convicted Milwaukee Gambler".

They quoted police sources which said Palmisano was a "victim of rivalry between organized crime factions".

[12] The Milwaukee Sentinel reported that, less than a day after Palmisano's death, burglars forced their way into the warehouse section of the tavern and then made a hole in an internal wall.