Bureau of Indian Affairs staff has ties to conflicted Miwok tribe - 2004-02-21
Amid the rolling hills of vineyards in what is turning
into one of California's fast-developing wine regions, a once-tiny, nearly destitute tribe is pushing hard to construct a $100 million casino.

It is doing so only because regional Bureau of Indian Affairs officials opened the tribe's membership rolls against the wishes of its traditional leadership, then oversaw an election that swapped the old leadership for a pro-casino group including some BIA officials themselves.
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$36M SunCruz Deal Approved - 2004-02-21
SunCruz Casinos will have new ownership at the end of March if an agreement approved by a bankruptcy judge in West Palm Beach is signed as expected. Ocean Casino Cruises Inc. will pay $36.1 million to gain control of the Dania Beach-based gambling ship firm. The company is a group of investors, including the nephew of SunCruz founder Gus Boulis. It plans to close on the deal, approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Paul Hyman, on March 31.

Jeff Beck, the court-appointed trustee for SunCruz, said the bid from Ocean Casino Cruises is backed up by a non-refundable $2.5 million deposit.
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