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News Brief: Reducing operating hours and staffing levels at the responsible gambling resource centre at Caesars Windsor will actually provide better service to casino patrons seeking help managing their gambling habits, the chief executive officer of the Responsible Gambling Council says.

News Brief: Faced with slumping profits, two Calgary gaming companies want the province to close a loophole in the smoking ban that permits gamblers to light up on First Nation casinos.

News Brief: An agreement that sees the equivalent of the provincial liquor tax collected at the Dakota Dunes Casino and then remitted to the Whitecap Dakota First Nation could be a harbinger of things to come in more of Saskatchewan's First Nations casinos.

News Brief: A gleaming new casino festooned with big-screen TVs, a show lounge and 600 slot machines opens at 9 a.m. Friday at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Fallsview Casino Resort announced today that award-winning R&B singer/songwriter Ashanti will perform one show only in the resort's Avalon Theatre on Saturday, October 11.

News Brief: The Addiction Foundation of Manitoba's latest Manitoba Gambling and Problem Gambling report, released Aug. 7, suggested women were just as likely to gamble as men in the province.

News Brief: All 25 employees of the GM dealership in Sundridge, Ontario hit the jackpot last night, winning $22.5 million on a shared ticket.

Famed Music City songwriter and producer Jeffrey Steele will perform two solo shows at Fallsview Casino in November as part of the resort's fall concert line-up.

News Brief: A tentative agreement has been reached to end a strike by more than 800 workers at Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. casinos in Toronto, Brantford and Sudbury.

News Brief: Saskatchewan's government-owned casinos continue to be big money-makers for the province, generating net income of $43.8 million in the 2007-08 fiscal year.

News Brief: The Ontario Provincial Police has found no evidence to support charges against a northern Ontario family who won dozens of lottery prizes.

Fallsview Casino Resort announced today that it has added a second performance by international music, fashion, TV and movie star Jessica Simpson to its August concert line-up.

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.