He chose the building's peachy-pink paint job, he says, because he wanted 'a pleasant, welcoming earth tone.'Īs we do our drive-by on a Tuesday midmorning, there are more than 100 cars in the parking lot. The dolphin fountain at the front entrance is there because he wanted it there-water and fish are good luck. On weekends he'd bring his wife and a few of his 10 kids down there, too. He babysat the construction site every day for almost five months. Even in the tangle of legal briefs and heated accusations, no one denies that Jeff is the one who hunted down a site, negotiated the deal and spent hours on the phone lobbying San Jose City Council members for a big, new gaming house in San Jose. A blue knit polo shirt covers his stocky 52-year-old frame.īay 101 was Jeff's idea-no one disputes that. The air conditioning is on, but beads of sweat surface on Bumb's forehead, between a pair of fierce-looking blue eyes and a receding blonde hairline. 'I did a great job,' Bumb says of the sprawling gambling club, furiously chomping on a piece of Wrigley's Doublemint, the gum he chews when he's not sucking on an unfiltered Camel. The Bumbs made millions off of their successful gaming club, Bay 101, but the experience tore the family apart and aired the dirty laundry of a once tightly-knit and fiercely private clan.įROM THE protected confines of his silver 1998 Lexus SC 400, Jeff Bumb peers out his window to take in the imposing sight of the 72,000-square-foot salmon-hued house of cards he once called his baby. in 1960, and bolstered its financial fortunes with the opening of Bay 101 in 1994, a project started by now-outcast son Jeff Bumb. Split Personality: The Bumb family made millions off of the San Jose Flea Market (below), started by George Bumb Sr. Metroactive News & Issues | The Bumb Family

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