ʻO SunCruz a me ka Palm Beach Princess he mau moku piliwaiwai ʻelua i holo lōʻihi aku mai Florida aku, akā ua hāʻule lāua ʻelua i nā manawa paʻakikī i ka makahiki 2009. Ua hiki mai ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻole i ka Pōʻakahi i ka manawa i hoʻopiʻi ai ka hui makua o Sun Cruz no ka panakalupa.
ʻO Oceans Casino Cruises Inc., i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Dania Beach a nona ia e Spiros Naos, i faila no ka panakalupa no ka manawa ʻelua i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki. Ke koi nei ka ʻoihana he emi ma lalo o $ 10 miliona o nā waiwai a ʻoi aku ma luna o $ 50 miliona i ka hōʻaiʻē.
Ua kūʻai ʻo Naos iā SunCruz i ka makahiki 2004 no $ 36.1 miliona ma ka ʻaha banekorupa. ʻO Naos ke keiki a Gus Boulis, nāna i hoʻokumu iā SunCruz. Pepehi kanaka ʻia ʻo Boulis i ka makahiki 2001 ma Ft. Lauderdale. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Lobbyists Jack Abramoff i kahi hui e kūʻai iā SunCruz mai Boulis i ka makahiki 2000.
ʻO ka Palm Beach Princess, kekahi o nā moku casino i holo aku mai Florida, ua like ka hopena me SunCruz. I kēia hopena pule i hala iho nei, kipi nā limahana a hana ʻole i ke Kamāliʻiwahine. Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā mea kūʻai aku 300 i ka home, a ma kahi o kahi ʻumikūmālua mau limahana limahana i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma hope o ka stunt.
Ua hāʻule ka ʻoihana moku kālā pāʻani casino i nā manawa paʻakikī ma Florida ma muli o ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū. Hoʻomaka ʻo Pari-mutuels e hāʻawi i nā slot a me ka poker, a ke hāʻawi nei nā Seminoles i ka ʻeleʻele i kā lākou casino.
I ka wā i lilo ai i kaulana nā moku piliwaiwai, ʻaʻohe puka mea piliwaiwai ma South Florida. Me ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā casino ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka mokuʻāina, ʻaʻohe mākeke no nā moku piliwaiwai.
