ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — A bookie sent prostitutes to the homes of gamblers in four states and let them collect their winnings in sex, police said.

Police Chief Don Ingrasselino said Thursday that Salvatore Teodoro used prostitutes – two of them minors – to deliver winnings to bettors in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

The gamblers were then given the choice of taking their winnings in sex or cash or a combination of the two.

“It brought up his profit margins a bit,” Ingrasselino said Thursday.

Teodoro, 46, also was accused of kidnapping and other charges for tying up a man he correctly suspected was a police informant and threatening to shoot him and break his legs with a baseball bat.

“He wanted this guy to believe he was going to kill him,” Ingrasselino said.

Teodoro was charged with promoting gambling, underage prostitution and other charges.

It was not immediately known if Teodoro had retained a lawyer.