The Illinois Gaming Board spent more than eight years investigating, litigating and otherwise attempting to revoke the state license of a video gambling terminal operator from the metro-east. That effort has now ended.
The regulatory agency’s citizens board approved an agreement requiring Lucky Lincoln Gaming to pay a $1.2 million settlement and allowing it to continue operating. “The IGB staff and I believe that the (agreement) serves the public interest,” Gaming Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter said at the agency’s February meeting. “And the Illinois gaming industry, as well as Lucky Lincoln, benefit from resolving these disputed matters through the settlement terms instead of engaging in protracted litigation.”
