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The vessel operated casino cruises from Freeport, Texas in late 2001 and early 2002 then from Port Aransas, Texas, for the remainder of the 2002 season before being mothballed at Freeport, Bahamas, and placed for sale, following the failure of U.S. Coast Guard safety and U.S. government hygiene inspections.
The Texas Treasure casino ship, seen in Port Aransas in 2007. Gambling boats have operated at times out of Texas ports, taking passengers on one-day "cruises to nowhere" in international waters, where there are no gambling laws.
A gambling ship is the term for a ship stationed offshore in or transiting to international waters to evade local anti-gambling laws that is dedicated to games of chance. This applies both to ships which are permanently moored somewhere outside the limits, or, when legal, that can transit back and forth from a nearby port where it is not.
Chartered to SeaEscape Cruises in 1990 and renamed Discovery Dawn in 1996. Renamed Island Dawn in 1998. Sold in 2000 to Discovery Dawn Partnership, Nassau. Chartered to Viva Gaming & Resorts, renamed Texas Treasure. Used as a casino ship at Corpus Christi and Port Aransas, Texas. Sold to India for scrapping in July 2008. [83] St Helen: 1983 2,036 -
The Texas Treasure casino ship, seen in Port Aransas in 2007 By the mid-20th century, most major vice activities were being actively targeted by law enforcement in the state. Though alcohol sale and consumption was legalized, in many areas it was still substantially restricted and, even today, some counties in the state remain dry or retain ...
Texas Ethics Commission records show the group donated $10,000 to the Texas Democratic Party and $25,000 to the Texas Republican Party in July for party convention sponsorship costs.
The Copa Casino was a casino located in Gulfport, Mississippi . Prior to its destruction in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina , it operated a small casino that catered to local residents. The casino was originally housed in a former cruise ship, the Pride of Galveston , then later on a barge built to resemble an on-shore building, but which still ...
The Nueces County Medical Examiner's office has released the name of two people who died in a boating accident that happened over the weekend in the Port Aransas Ship Channel. The seal of the U.S ...