Port Canaveral Gambling Boats
| Private (Owned by Ocean Casino Cruises) | |
| Industry | Transportation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Defunct | 2009 |
Area served | Florida, Myrtle Beach, SC |
| Robert Weisberg, Chairman & CEO | |
| Products | Cruises |
Number of employees | 1,000 |
| Website | http://www.suncruzcasino.com |
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Victory Casino Cruises is a full Vegas-style gambling ship that sails twice daily from Port Canaveral, Monday thru Sunday. Enjoy playing Craps, Roulette, Blackjack, EZ-Bac, Let it Ride Poker, 3-Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em, Bingo and over 600 of the loosest state-of-the-art Slots with TITO (Ticket In, Ticket Out) technology.
- The boat was smaller than I expected, but the food, entertainment and service made it feel like a much bigger boat! I remember a few names – Jake the Entertainer and Dan the Casino Manager. Food was good, boat ride very nice and the Captain (Willie) was a riot!
- Victory Casino Cruises' four decks of maritime merriment abound with more than 600 slot machines, 30 table games, and an expansive food selection including hot entrees, meat carving and pasta station.
SunCruz Casinos was one of many cruise lines that offered 'cruises to nowhere,' legally transporting passengers into international waters beyond the reach of federal and state gambling laws.
Four ships operated out of four ports including Jacksonville (SunCruz VII), Key Largo (SunCruz I), Myrtle Beach (SunCruz VIII), and Port Canaveral (SunCruz XII).[1]
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]
History[edit]
In 1994 Gus Boulis, already a multi-millionaire by founding the Miami Subs sandwich shop franchise, bought a number of luxury yachts. He remodeled the yachts as casinos, and began to operate his 'cruises to nowhere,' sailing three miles from the Florida coast into what was then considered international waters.[5] There, out on the sea, passengers would gamble on poker, blackjack and slot machines. Boulis called his fleet of 11 ships the SunCruz Casino line. By the time he sold the company in 2000, SunCruz Casinos was earning tens of millions of dollars in annual profits, and employed over 2,000 people.
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In September 2007, SunCruz discontinued operation at Palm Beach.[6] Service was subsequently discontinued at Daytona and Treasure Island.
Investigation[edit]
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In the 2000s, lobbyists such as Jack Abramoff became involved illegally with the sale of the line. Boulis was murdered in 2001.
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Footnotes[edit]
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- ^'SunCruz website'. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^NBC News
- ^http://www.cfnews13.com/Business/LocalBusinessHeadlines/2009/12/29/suncruzs_parent_company_files_for_bankruptcy.html
- ^Price, Wayne T. (11 January 2010). 'SunCruz offers apologies'. Florida Today. Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. pp. 14A.
- ^New York Times retrieved June 8, 2008
- ^'Port of Palm Beach statement'. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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