In Goodfellas, when Pesci's character goes off on Billy Batts, you hear him telling Deniro that Batts is not even a tough guy and that he paid for his button. I also recall that long time Gambino Associate and Bookmaker, Lenny Minuto, wanted to pay Greg DePalma and Arnold Squitteri 1 million dollars to get straightened out. I wonder if he they ever took it.
yeah this is one of the reasons why the books were closed for almost 20 yrs. people were selling buttons.
