Video gambling operator pays $75,000 in settlement as Illinois Gaming Board drops attempt to revoke license

“I begged him not to destroy me, my family and my company,” Heidner wrote to Leff of a meeting with Fischer. “I spent a humiliating hour and a half. First thing I asked was if he would sell and I could get a group together quickly and would get him $5,000,000 more than he paid please make $5 (million), in a week. I told him none of my friends wanted to see this happen to me. He obviously said no.”