British Columbia News - Page 6

News Brief: If expanding gambling comes to Maple Ridge, British Columbia, it likely will be in that form of a community gaming centre with a shiny new bingo hall with everything a casino has except table games.

ews Brief: According to recent study, public support for gaming in B.C. is dropping while casino-fueled revenues continue to steadily climb.

News Brief: A look at Cascades Casino shows that the downtown Langley, British Columbia, facility has been a huge success in its first year.

ews Brief: America’s leading anti-gambling organization has blasted the provincial government and the B.C. Lottery Corporation for their introduction of frequent-player cards to be used in casinos.

ews Brief: Hot on the heels of being denied a liquor licence for its gaming floor, Great Canadian Casinos Inc. is now considering a bar at its View Royal venue.

News Brief: According to the B.C. Lottery Corp.'s annual report, the provincial government scooped up $914.4 million from lottery revenues.

ews Brief: Coquitlam, British Columbia, scored a $2-million windfall from the Boulevard Casino this week.

News Brief: Municipalities across B.C. received a record windfall from casino gambling in the past fiscal year, raking in more than $65 million in royalties — up nearly 20 per cent from the year before.

ews Brief: Plugging the slots while downing a beer is still a no-go at Victoria's only casino after View Royal refused to support its bid for a new liquor licence Tuesday.

News Brief: Many came together to celebrate the First Nation partners assuming operational control for Casino of the Rockies.

News Brief: Both the Osoyoos Indian Band and Rocky Mountain Turf Club from Lethbridge, Alta. are working on applications to the B.C. Lottery Corporation for two distinct gaming facilities for the town of Osoyoos.

News Brief: Gateway Casinos Income Fund has signed a deal to buy Cascades Langley Casino and Hotel for $106.3 million in cash and units.

News Brief: Efforts to attract a more mainstream clientele to British Columbia's increasingly lucrative gaming sector take another step today when construction begins on a new $100-million casino complex in New Westminster.

News Brief: Coquitlam, British Columbia, hit the jackpot this week with a $1.7-million pay-out courtesy of Great Canadian Casino.

News Brief: A Salt Spring Island man has won the largest legal poker prize in Canada at the B.C. poker championships in Richmond, B.C.

News Brief: Vancouver, British Columbia, had been relying on a $7.0 million windfall in revenue from the newly-opened Edgewater Casino. Instead, competition from other municipalities saw the casino pull in only $5.4 million.

News Brief: Coquitlam's latest windfall from the Great Canadian Casino, almost $1.5 million, is the lowest it has been in two years.

News Brief: A judge will decide who gets a share of a $14.5-million lottery jackpot in British Columbia.

News Brief: A $14.5-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot may be the first in B.C.'s history to be divvied up in a courtroom if a dispute between its winners and claimants is not settled by today, says a B.C. Lottery Corporation spokeswoman.

News Brief: Two women have filed a complaint with the B.C. Lottery Corp. claiming they were part of a winning employee pool but have been cut out of the $14.5 million prize money by the nine winners.