Canada News - Page 34

News Brief: The Brandon, Manitoba, plebiscite results show 57.2 per cent of voters rejected the proposal to build a casino.

Century Casinos, Inc. reports that its Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Canada, will host the St. Patrick's Day Poker Tournament from March 10 - 15, 2008.

News Brief: The Canadian government is considering new measures to stamp out Internet gaming sites based on a native reserve in Quebec.

News Brief: Construction on the Indian-owned and operated casino in Swift Current is two-weeks ahead of schedule and will likely open for business earlier than expected, said Nekaneet First Nation Chief Alice Pahtayken.

Casino de Montreal hosted the world’s largest multi-table poker tournament ever run on automated poker tables.

News Brief: For the fourth time in two years, a Waterloo, Ont., card shark has raked in more than half a million dollars in an international poker tournament.

The introduction of 24-hour poker at the Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, is continuing to contribute positively to the increased revenue and visitation of the casino.

News Brief: A simulated casino has been added to the Guelph University campus after receiving funding from the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre.

PokerTek, Inc. has placed its PokerPro systems with The Société des casinos du Québec Inc.

News Brief: Seven Montreal area municipalities have turn down gambling complex to replace Blue Bonnets.

News Brief: Scientists at the University of Guelph have created an artificial casino, aimed at giving researchers more insight into gambling behaviour.

News Brief: While a new First Nations casino on the city's west edge broke ranks yesterday on a province-wide smoking ban, some other Calgary gambling haunts said they hadn't seen business drop.

News brief: Slot machines and blackjack tables aren't usually associated with Christmas, but Ontario's government-operated casinos will be open Dec. 25., a day most other businesses are closed.

News brief: Casino Windsor's 3,000 employees have been very generous this season, raising funds and donating their time to those less fortunate.

News brief: Ontario Provincial Police have laid charges relating to an alleged multi-million dollar lottery prize insider win, the force announced Tuesday.

A ranking of the largest casinos in the world as well as what fills up these spacious gaming floors.

Cyber World Group on the Kahnawake Mohawk reserve has pleaded guilty in Quebec to charges of illegal gambling.

News Brief: Innisfil, Ontario, council worries a plan by Simcoe County and Ramara Township could impact slot machine revenues at Georgian Downs.

News Brief: A big horse-racing and slot-machine development in Belleville, Ontario, is on track after Baymount Inc. lined up financing for construction of the new Quinte Exhibition and Raceway.

News Brief: Ambitions among New Brunswick First Nations groups to build a casino independent of government will likely meet with litigation as the province defends its legal high ground on gaming issues, experts contend.