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The Bicycle Hotel & Casino

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2017

    Money-laundering investigation and raid

    Federal authorities raided the property in an investigation into alleged laundering by players who converted suspicious cash into chips and later redeemed the chips for apparently legitimate funds.

  2. 1990

    Federal seizure over allegedly laundered construction funds

    The government seized the casino after a jury determined that approximately $12 million of its $22 million construction cost came from Florida drug smugglers. The ensuing proceedings addressed the knowledge and interests of individual partners.

  3. 1987

    Investigation into alleged drug-money financing

    Federal investigators examined allegations that Sam Gilbert and associates used proceeds connected to marijuana smuggling to finance construction of the Bicycle Club casino.