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ews Brief: The city council will decide later this month whether it wants to pursue the idea of establishing a casino in Cornwall, Ontario.

ews Brief: Unionized casino workers voted overwhelmingly to accept a 14-month contract from the OLG Casino Brantford Saturday, voting 85 per cent in favour of the deal.

The Alberta Federation of Labour has asked the James D. Packer to resolve the seven month old labour dispute at the Palace Casino in Edmonton.

News Brief: A last-minute tentative agreement reached minutes before the walkout deadline prevent OLG Brantford from closing its doors last night.

News Brief: A Vancouver man who won $10-million Super 7 lottery jackpot has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to split the remainder of his winnings with his ex-wife.

News Brief: OLG Brantford casino workers are poised to walk off the job if a first contract isn’t settled by 11:59 tonight.

ews Brief: A 37-year-old Fonthill woman got a seven-figure surprise at Fallsview Casino Resort on Monday.

At a press held on Sunday evening, workers Casino Nova Scotia in Halifax spoke about their efforts and reasons for working towards forming a union in their workplace.

News Brief; Two neighbouring Alberta First Nations are competing to build a casino and a jackpot awaits the winner.

News Brief: A Scarborough maintenance worker has won $18 million in the Lotto 6/49 jackpot.

News Brief: The glow of video lottery terminals won't burn any brighter in Saskatchewan after the province said Friday it won't raise the cap on the number of machines allowed.

Fallsview Casino Resort releases the June 2007 concert line-up for the resort's Avalon Ballroom Theatre.

News Brief: Investigations into Lotto 6/49 jackpots are widening across Canada after CBC News discovered the advertised weekly winning amounts are often overestimated by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

ews Brief: Alberta’s tribal band has been told to halt their plans for an Internet gambling haven on their reserve near Edmonton.

News Brief: The case of a Nova Scotia casino worker injured gathering chips and dealing cards is going back before the provincial Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal.

News Brief: Gambling can be a meaningful recreational activity for older adults, according to a recent study on gambling among Ontario's rural seniors by Prof. Joan Norris of Wilfrid Laurier University.

The Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre will study the increased incidence of problem gambling among Parkinson's Disease patients who follow a common drug regimen to cope with the disease.

News Brief: A Winnipeg women won a $6.8 million lottery jackpot with numbers she got from a tarot card reading.

Workers employed by Casino Nova Scotia in Halifax have now begun the process of forming a union in order to win increased wages, benefits, job security and overall fair treatment.

News Brief: The Outaouais medical officer of health has joined 17 other public health officials throughout Quebec in condemning a Loto-Quebec plan to operate hundreds of video lottery terminals near harness racing tracks and at Mont Tremblant.