THE CASTAWAYS TOOK OVER THE OLD SANS SOUCHI CASINO ON THE STRIP AND BROUGHT THE FIRST ISLAND THEMED CASINO TO LAS VEGAS. THE SAME OWNERS OPENED THE BEAUTIFUL CASTAWAYS ON MIAMI BEACH WITH IT'S WORLD FAMOUS WRECK BAR A-GO-GO! .... REMEMBER MIAMI BEACH WAS SLATED FOR LEGALIZED GAMBLING IN THE EARLIES 1960'S. MANY MOBBED UP CASINO OPERATORS IN CUBA AND LAS VEGAS HAD THIER EYE ON MIAMI BEACH .... TOO BAD ALL THE OLD RETIREES VOTED A BIG NO ON GAMBLING. MIAMI HAD HORSE TRACK BETTING, KENNEL CLUB RACES, JAI ALAI WAGERING .... WHO KNEW CASINO GAMBLING WAS A NO NO .... NOW BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE LONG GONE AND THE MIRAGE HOTEL HERE IN LAS VEGAS SITS WHERE THE OLD CASTAWAYS WAS .... AND IN MIAMI BEACH CONDOS FLOURISH ALONG THE BEACH .... GREAT MEMORIES FOR ME AS I GREW UP IN MIAMI BEACH AND THOUGHT THAT SOMEDAY I WOULD LIVE IN THE DESERT SEA (VEGAS) .... HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS BIT OF HISTORY!