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UNLV associate professor says the legalization and regulation of online gambling in the United States and Canada could help reduce some of the activity's harm.

News Brief: Negotiations to end a strike by employees at three casinos in Ontario are expected to resume as early as Tuesday.

News Brief: A recent study from the University of Western Ontario that suggests new regulations to govern Internet gambling.

Fallsview Casino Resort announced today that iconic crooner Tony Bennett will be returning in October for a pair of performances in the resort's Avalon Theatre.

Fallsview Casino Resort announced today that one of the most recognizable celebrities in the world - international music, fashion, TV and movie star Jessica Simpson - has been added to the resort's August concert line-up.

News Brief: The Windsor-Tecumseh MP estimates Las Vegas-style sports gambling could generate as much as $3 billion in gross wagering a year.

New Brief: Early next year, the Nova Scotia Gaming Control Commission will install devices on all of the province's 2,200 VLTs that will reveal a player's spending habits and playing tendencies on the machines.

News Brief: Profits from Saskatchewan casinos are being divided for First Nations for the first time under a more generous gaming agreement approved last year.

News Brief: Before arriving in Niagara last week to launch his 10th All Starr-studded tour, Ringo Starr had never seen the falls.

Even long-time Las Vegas veterans were in awe as they got their first look at Caesars Windsor, and the $439 million expansion and renovation that has transformed Ontario's first casino-resort into a property rivaling the world's best.

News Brief: The public will have to wait until 8:30pm tonight to get a first-hand look at the casino's $429-million makeover.

News Brief: American gamblers, who are expected to make up 80 per cent of the visitors to Caesars Windsor, have started cutting back this year after spending more in 2007 than the year before.

News Brief: A $3.5-billion proposed class-action lawsuit against the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporatio has been launched on behalf of thousands of addicted gamblers who allege they asked to be barred from Ontario's casinos, but were still allowed in.

News Brief: The chiefs of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation cut a red ribbon Tuesday to open Alberta's newest casino, hoping it will bring economic and social benefits to a reserve with 80 per cent unemployment.

Fallsview Casino Resort will be hosting productions of 'Twist and Shout: The Smash Hit Sixties Show' and 'Country Classics: Treasures From The Attic' in September.

Century Casinos, Inc. reports that its Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Canada, will host the 1st Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament in support of the MS Society of Alberta on June 14, 2008.

News Brief: Saskatchewan's liquor and gaming minister, Dan D'Autremont, is in Nova Scotia this week, gauging the impact of that province's nation-leading efforts to cut video lottery terminals

News Brief: Dakota leaders in southwest Manitoba have decided to set their own course on gambling, saying they're fed up with the slow progress of casino plans in the hands of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

Approximately 500 B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union members employed by Lake City Casinos have a new ratified contract.

PokerTek, Inc. has installed an additional six PokerPro electronic Texas Hold’em devices at Loto-Quebec’s Ludoplex Quebec property in Quebec City.