SunCruz casinos

A boat shuttling some 50 passengers to a casino ship caught fire north of Tampa, Florida, on Sunday. Passengers jumped into the water to escape the fire, which spread quickly after breaking out about a half mile from shore. Fire department officials said it likely started in the boat's engine room. The ship ...

A lot across from Nicks Park has recently been opened by SunCruz Casino, providing more trailer spots, which Lupo believes will help alleviate the problem. However, outside of those spots, Lupo said, boat trailer parking on the waterfront is illegal. The result of the parking shortage for trailers has been a ...

Nearly seven in 10 South Carolinians like the idea of legalizing casinos to pay to repair the state's crumbling roads, according to a new poll. Those poll results have energized pro-casino lawmakers, who say voters should be allowed to decide the issue. But they fail to convince powerful Republicans, who ...

Winton, 63, a captain for SunCruz Casino and a council member in the late 1980s, said he is running again to act as a balance against Mayor Dale Massad, who won a special election in October. Winton said Massad has been a force for negativity during council meetings, and that has stalled progress.

In late 2000, Boulis was forced to sell his SunCruz Casino boat fleet because he was not a citizen of the United States. The buyers, led by Washington, D.C., lobbyist Jack Abramoff and New York area businessman Adam Kidan, later admitted they were engaged in a $147 million fraud to take control of the ...

Boulis, a Greek national, was forced to sell SunCruz Casinos, a fleet of 11 ships that offered "cruises to nowhere," bringing passengers far enough out to sea that Florida's laws against gambling did not apply. The fleet brought in millions of dollars a year, and the offer for it was $147.5 million.

The message states that as of July 28, "Jacks or Better SunCruz Casinos has ceased all operations." The message then directs callers to the other casino cruise line in Littler River: Big M. The SunCruz Casino was apparently operating as late as Sunday, with a message posted to its Facebook page ...

Gambling cruises will return to Mayport this fall, filling the void left when SunCruz Casinos abruptly stopped sailing and sank into Chapter 7 bankruptcy. New ownership is behind the venture called Jacks or Better Casino, which will depart from the same Mayport dock that gambling boats previously used ...

Oceans Casino Cruises Inc., which owns SunCruz Casinos and is based in Dania Beach, filed voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Monday in the Southern District of Florida. A Chapter 7 filing usually leads to liquidation of the company. SunCruz operated a casino boat from Mayport, Port Canaveral and ...

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Perhaps solving one of South Florida's most notorious crimes, police arrested three men Tuesday in the 2001 ambush slaying of Konstaninos ``Gus'' Boulis -- a murder that happened a few months after Boulis sold a fleet of casino boats to prominent Washington lobbyist Jack ...