He said he spoke to a manager but no one would help him and everyone seemed amused by him. with the language barrier and just being from another country would be frustrating for anyone and then he became very angry because no one seemed to care. my husband was in a panic and grew even more frustrated with his inability to get some help. he immediately went to the ship's employees about using a phone to contact me to call the bank to cancel his card. he went on the cruise last night and when he went to pull out his debit card it was gone. The City Council ultimately voted to repeal it.My husband is from germany and can speak some english. 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. 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.

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