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Illinois Gaming Board says it didn’t know of testimony about mob payoffs, now plans to revoke Cicero diner’s gaming license

The agency OK’d Jeffrey Bertucci’s Steak N Egger in 2019 to operate video gaming devices. But officials now admit they hadn’t realized he testified in 2010 in a mob gambling case.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 29, 2023

Not a game when business owner with old mob ties gets a gambling license

It’s now up to the Illinois Gaming Board to get to the bottom of why Jeffrey Bertucci got a gaming license, since his sketchy past was no secret.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2023

He used to do business with reputed mob figures. Now, he’s licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board.

Jeffrey Bertucci testified in 2010 to illegally paying out winnings from video gaming machines installed in his Cicero diner and splitting his take with the mob’s so-called video poker king. In 2019, gambling regulators gave him a license to legally operate video gaming devices.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 12, 2023