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News Brief: Vancouver city council has now officially reversed its position on a casino with 600 slot machines at the Plaza of Nations – following a temporary setback for the project earlier this week.

News Brief: The proposal to set up 600 slot machines at Vancouver's Plaza of Nations has effectively been killed by Vancouver city councillor Tim Louis.

News Brief: A day after Woodbine Entertainment Group announced it plans to sell Hastings Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Great Canadian Casinos indicated it might be a potential suitor.

News Brief: The lag in the time it is taking the Vancouver City Council to decide on expanded gaming for Hastings Park has prompted Woodbine Entertainment Group to offer the track it purchased only two years ago for sale.

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News Brief: In a close vote after two days of hearings, Vancouver city council has given the green light to a new casino at the Plaza of Nations.

News Brief: Woodbine Entertainment Group, the parent of the operator of Vancouver's Hastings Park track, announced Tuesday the launch of a Internet-based wagering system called HBIBET.com.

News Brief: Some local residents were not happy with what they learned at a open house about a casino proposed for their Vancouver neighborhood.

News Brief: A former Hospital nurse fired for abusing sick leave to pay off gambling bills has been given a chance to get her job back.

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: 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.