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D-302 (RE. 3-8-77)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF iNVESTIGATION
1/19/82
Dato of transcrlptio
World Jai Alai, advised
that negdtiations nad
first" started for the formation of Summer
Jai Alai in l976. The purchase and final formation of Summer
Jai Alai as an entity had been completed in the early part of
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1980. Summer Jai Alai was formed with four different entities
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Owning 25-percent of the new company..
These entities were .
the
Biscayne Dog Track.
and
Hollywood Dog Track,
and
Flegler Dog Track,
by the
with 20-percent
and
World Jai Alai Owned by the Wheeler family..
Summer Jai Alai had been formed as a trust on the
reguest of Roger Wheeler due to Wheeler's ownership of Jai
Alai operations in Connecticut and Florida. However, the
*Sasodand xe? Ioy uogaeaodaon e aoey ut sem at gsnog e paeee?
This ruling by the Internal Revenue Service caused some of
Fhayn uo saxeg teuogatppe Aed o? aaey on snauaeed laego aer
income from Summer Jai Alai.
Between the close of the Summer
Jai Alai playing season in l980 and the opening of the summer
season in 198l, the agreement between the four partners had
been re-negotiated. This new agreement had been signed on
May 14, 198l, and the Summer Jai Alai playing season opened on.
May 15, 1981.
advised that even though the four companies
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Owned 25-percent each of Summer Jai Alai they did not all get
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25-percent of the proceeds from the operation of the company.
Various companies got more or less depending on how the
operation of Summer Jai Alai effected their other businesses.
In this regard the Flegler Dog Track got "screwed".
because they competed most directly with the Summer Jai Alai
operation. They received greater than 25-percent of the income
Hnayn Ioy dn ayen ot annnbnne nou sem at anq Teny Tef naunns wonr
loss of business to Summer Jai Alai..
previously
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ano peneeg ueeg Moe aey gy gng yoeee bog neeeeed agn pegeeedo
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of actual
Tedy Ter naanns aya on anp yaed ut sem snit uogaenae
situatian.
12/15/81
Tulsa,
Oklahoma
Investigatton o
Flle #_
OC.183B-585
:
SA
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by
ate dlctate
12/15/81
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This cocument contains neitner secommendations nor conciusions ot the F8t. tt is the properiy of the Fgt and is toaned tu your agency:
it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
F eI/ DoJ
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