Canada News - Page 36

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.

Mansionpoker.com announces sponsorship of the 3rd Annual B.C. Poker Championships.

News Brief: A three-peat lotto win investigated by the Atlantic Lottery Corp. has been cleared for a Fredericton convenience store clerk.

News Brief: The New Brunswick government is eliminating about 25 percent of the video lottery terminals currently operating in the province.

News Brief: Lottery tickets should be hidden in retail shops on P.E.I. just like tobacco products, says government house leader Robert Vessey.

News Brief: Pathological gamblers are almost four times more likely than the average Canadian to try to kill themselves, concludes a new study that adds to the growing health-related controversy around the government-run casino industry.

News Brief: The province of Ontario is discriminating against a northern aboriginal charitable casino by not allowing it to offer card tables, NDP Leader Howard Hampton said.

News Brief: Another $1 million plus has entered the city hall's revenue stream from Western Fair Raceway's slots business in London, Ontario.

News Brief: The Charlottetown racino will be open for business this Sunday, but P.E.I. Treasurer Wes Sheridan says there will be no more Sunday openings until at least next year.

News Brief: A pipeline worker from Hinton, Alta., got more than a thrill from her mystery novel when she found the lotto ticket she was using as a bookmark won her nearly $9 million.

News Brief: A Queen's Bench justice has dismissed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit brought against the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the provincial government.

News Brief: A pipeline worker from Hinton, Alta., got more than a thrill from her mystery novel when she found the lotto ticket she was using as a bookmark won her nearly $9 million.

The Canadian Affiliate Management Company is pleased to announce the official launch of their new affiliate rewards program, titled CARE Rewards.

News Brief: Since its opening, Dakota Dunes Casino has experienced success, and has become an important part of the Whitecap Dakota community, according to casino officials.

News Brief: The new tribal council set to take over control of how North Battleford's Gold Eagle casino spends its profits says both Native and non-Native charity groups in the area will receive 'fair and equitable access to casino revenues.'

I am a CAC groupie. According to Marc Lesnik, that is. I have been to many online gaming conferences in my time and so far I have managed to hit all of Lesnik's shows, big or small. Unfortunately CAC Montreal was rather poorly attended, although we all knew this was going to happen due to location and timing.

News Brief: Legal action has been launched against the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and Chief Lawrence Joseph by the Battlefords Tribal Council and Gold Eagle Community Development Corporation over the handling of matter related to gaming.

Bodog Entertainment is pleased to announce a brand licensing agreement with Morris Mohawk Gaming Group for operations and marketing of gaming in North America.