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On December 16, 2009, SunCruz Casinos was reported to be closing amid reports of owing $300,000 to the Canaveral Port Authority. [2] Parent company Ocean Casino Cruises filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy December 28. [3] At the time of the filing of bankruptcy, there were about 300 full-time and part-time employees. [4]
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.
SunCruz Casinos offered offshore "cruises to nowhere", legally transporting passengers into international waters beyond the reach of federal and state gambling laws. In the 2000s (decade), it became known for the involvement of some high-profile lobbyists such as Jack Abramoff , and the murder of its former owner, Gus Boulis .
List of casinos in the U.S. state of Florida; Casino City County State District Type Comments Big Easy Casino: Hallandale Beach: Broward: Florida: Racino:
Riverboat casinos (1 C, 41 P) Pages in category "Gambling ships" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Boulis founded the SunCruz Casinos boat company in 1994 in Key Largo. It was a cruise line with "cruises to nowhere" as the passengers would gamble on the voyage as the ships would travel out onto international water, where Florida gambling laws were not applicable. [9]
Previously the fronton would have ten to twelve players, but by 2014, they used the same two non-professional players, former University of Florida football players Chris Doering and Judd Davis. [8] The casino generated profit through other means, such as poker.
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