Tramunti was born October 1, 1910, in Manhattan, New York and raised in a tenement on 107th street in Harlem. He eventually ran the "Harlem Game", one of the major floating craps games in New York. Tramunti was a beefy man who stood 5'10, had a triple chin, and bore a remarkable resemblance to comedian Jonathan Winters. Tramunti's headquarters was The Stage Delicatessen in Manhattan. Tramunti lived in Whitestone, Queens and had a wife and three children. One of Tramunti's sons, Louis, died at age 14.