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News Brief: Even before the first episode of Survivor was even televised this season, more than 15 people from the Vancouver, British Columbia, area placed bets with an offshore bookie on contestant Sandra Diaz-Twine.

News Brief: Slot machines can probably save the Hastings race track, an Alberta gambling expert says. But there is a price to pay.

News Brief: After a Vancouver city council vote on Tuesday night, installing slots at the Hastings Park racetrack is still on hold.

News Brief: Vancouver City council opened the doors for slot machines in the city yesterday by narrowly passing a motion to hold a public hearing to allow slots at a casino at the Plaza of Nations.

News Brief: Bill Chu, founder of the Multicultural Coalition Against Gambling Expansion, sees slot machines as the most guilty corrupters.

News Brief: Outraged lottery players have inundated newspapers and lottery outlets with complaints about the 6/49 lottery doubling its price to $2 next year.

News Brief: Vancouver city staff are recommending their elected bosses take a gamble and approve slot machines for a proposed casino in False Creek and at Hastings Racecourse, in a move that could dump an additional $18.5 million into city coffers each year.

News Brief: Those behind an expansion of the downtown Baccarat Casino pulled their proposal off the table Tuesday morning, just as city council was to vote on it.

Hans R. Banziger the President of Sungold Gaming Inc. says they are moving forward with a US $300 million project which will consist of a high stakes Hotel/Casino Destination Resort with associated Amusement facilities.