The City Council ultimately voted to repeal it. The ordinance allowed commercial operators to run games all week, overriding restrictions from county law.
In 2003, the family was at the center of a fierce debate in Port Richey over a bingo ordinance, which cropped up after the Kolokithases opened a bingo hall. They fought over their right to use the SunCruz name in court with the company's new owners while at the same time breaking off the business relationship. The Kolokithases, who had leased SunCruz boats in exchange for sharing dock space in Tampa Bay with Boulis - ultimately splitting the profits - continued in the offshore gambling business undeterred. PANIC: Survivor recalls what happened when casino boat shuttle caught fire The sale later led to the imprisonment of Jack Abramoff, a former influential lobbyist and one of the buyers of SunCruz, who pleaded guilty to fraud. He sold the company for $147.5 million in 2000 in a deal that quickly grew contentious.īoulis, 51, was shot and killed by a hitman in 2001. First, it was free, my hubby got some coupons at the resort we were staying at, so we got on for free. I will give you the whole scoop and nothing but the scoop. We went on the SunCruz casino on Tuesday the 20th.
ONE DEAD: Mother of two, 42, identified as casualty after Port Richey boat fireĪ spokeswoman for Tropical Breeze could not be reached Tuesday morning.Įarly on, the Kolokithases worked under the umbrella of SunCruz, run in the late 1990s by South Florida millionaire and Miami Subs founder Gus Boulis. Hello amyR, I am the one who posted and didn't get any repies. PREVIOUS: Casino shuttle boat destroyed by fire as 50 passengers abandon ship in frigid Gulf
