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Big win on Downs slots

News brief: A Barrie woman won almost $400,000 while playing the slots at Georgian Downs.

Montreal casino hopes to hit the jackpot with $305M reno

News brief: Loto-Québec will spend $305 million to fix up the Montreal Casino building to help the casino keep up with its North American competition.

Boomer bulge could boost number of problem gamblers in Ontario

News brief: Baby boomers could increase the number of problem gamblers in Ontario by more than 40 per cent by 2020, the Responsible Gambling Council says.

Bars want to bring back endangered species - VLTs

News brief: Tavern owners, northwest of Calgary, are petitioning to bring VLTs back as the souring economy has cut into profits.

Lottery corp. cannot police itself: ombudsman

News brief: Manitoba may overhaul way internal lottery investigations are handled.

Dream of hitting the big one is more seductive than ever

News brief: Lucky numbers are getting a bit of extra mileage these days.

Lottery 'misprints' cost man $135,000

News brief: A Toronto-area man who won $135,000 on four scratch-off lottery tickets has been told they were printing mistakes.

New Saskatchewan casino opens its doors

International news brief: The $35-million Living Sky Casino is a 50,000-square-foot complex with 220 slot machines and six game tables.

Water pipe burst silences slots

News brief: Slot machines at Western Fair in Ontario were shut down Monday after a water pipe burst at the popular spot.

English-only rule sparks debate in Saskatchewan casinos

News brief: Two casinos in the Canadian province state that once poker or blackjack cards have been dealt, the only language allowed at the table is English.

Woman addicted to slots sentenced to house arrest

News brief: The Canadian bookkeeper embezzled more than $1.2 million and lost it gambling on slot machines.

Negreanu wins BC Poker Championship title

Canada's most popular poker player outlasted a field of 689 and took home $371,910.

Alberta casinos feeling effect of slowing economy

News brief: The economic downturn is hurting Alberta's gambling industry.

Toronto doctors look for ways to cure adolescent addiction

International news brief: Program looks to cure addiction to video games, gambling and the Internet.

Poker promotion no big gamble: CBU students' union

News brief: The students' union at Cape Breton University is endorsing an internet site that offers Canadian students the chance to win free tuition by playing poker.

Fines coming for gambling with youth lottery sales

News brief: P.E.I.'s new gaming strategy includes making it illegal for retailers to sell lottery tickets to minors.

Windsor women charged over big lottery win

News brief: Ontario Provincial Police have arrested a Windsor woman whom they accuse of stealing a $3.5-million lottery ticket from her husband with the help of her daughter.

Couple started casino cheating system that netted millions

News Brief: Cheating gang hit more than a dozen casinos in U.S., Canada.

Gender bias in casino's washroom, court rules

News Brief: For years, the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino in Port Perry, Ont., had a simple policy when it came to cleaning the casino's bathrooms – male employees cleaned the men's rooms and female staff the women's.

Montreal casino guards locked out

News Brief: Security employees at the Montreal Casino were locked out by management last night during a four-hour protest in front of the casino's administrative offices.

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