- SunCruz Casinos
Infobox Company
company_name = SunCruz Casinos
company_
company_type = Private (Owned byOcean Casino Cruises )
foundation =1994
location =
key_people = Robert Weisberg, Chairman & CEO
area_served =Florida ,Myrtle Beach, SC
industry =Transportation
products = Cruises
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 1,000
parent =
subsid =
homepage = http://www.suncruzcasino.com
footnotes =SunCruz Casinos is one of many cruise lines that offer "cruises to nowhere," legally transporting passengers intointernational waters beyond the reach of federal and state gambling laws.Seven ships operated out of seven ports including the
Port of Palm Beach (SunCruz VI), Daytona Beach (SunCruz III), Jacksonville (SunCruz VII), Key Largo (SunCruz I), Myrtle Beach (SunCruz VIII), Port Canaveral (SunCruz XII), and Treasure Island (SunCruz M). [ [http://www.suncruzcasino.com/document_display.cfm/document_id/70 SunCruz website] ]In September 2007, SunCruz discontinued operation at Palm Beach. [ [http://www.portofpalmbeach.com/suncruz.htm Port of Palm Beach statement] ]
History
In 1994
Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis , already a multi-millionaire by founding theMiami 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 theFlorida coast into what was then considered international waters. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E2D9143DF930A35751C1A961958260 New York Times] retrieved June 8, 2008] There, out on the sea, passengers would spend millions at poker and blackjack and slots. 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.Investigation
In the 2000s, lobbyists such as
Jack Abramoff became involved illegally with the sale of the line. Boulis was murdered.Footnotes
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