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ews Brief: Plugging the slots while downing a beer is still a no-go at Victoria's only casino after View Royal refused to support its bid for a new liquor licence Tuesday.

News Brief: The Manitoba government is looking at whether there should be more Aboriginal casinos in the province.

Racino Royale, Inc. is finalizing the regulatory process to begin standardbred racing at Big Valley Raceway in Craven, Saskatchewan at the end of July.

Baymount Incorporated and its wholly-owned subsidiary Belleville Racetrack Development Corporation have received Preliminary Approval for a License to Operate a Racetrack from

News Brief: Two men from Manitoba have hired a lawyer and are threatening legal action after a Winnipeg casino refused to pay out more than $209,000 in slot-machine winnings.

News Brief: Local municipal officials haven't had direct contact with backers of what the city's mayor calls a ‘fantasy’ casino plan for Woodstock, Ontario.

News Brief: Nearly a month into Ontario's smoking ban, Windsor bingo hall operators say many Michigan customers are staying home.

ews Brief; Edmonton's Catholic school parents aren't ready to fold on casino fundraisers just because the church frowns on gambling, says one Edmonton Catholic School Board trustee.

ews Brief: A new indoor smoking ban that became law late last month across the Niagara River in Ontario now makes the Seneca casino the only gambling hall in Niagara Falls that allows patrons to light up.

ews Brief: A New York-based holding company could be bucking insurmountable odds in a proposal for a Woodstock hotel-casino.

News Brief: Many came together to celebrate the First Nation partners assuming operational control for Casino of the Rockies.

ews Brief: Construction on a controversial $27-million First Nation casino-hotel project west of Calgary can proceed after a judge granted an injunction preventing protesters from interfering further.

News Brief: Edward Lerat is suing the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Inc. for firing him when he was SIGA's chief executive officer.

News Brief: Both the Osoyoos Indian Band and Rocky Mountain Turf Club from Lethbridge, Alta. are working on applications to the B.C. Lottery Corporation for two distinct gaming facilities for the town of Osoyoos.

News Brief: The New Brunswick government says it will hold a plebiscite next year on whether video gambling machines should be banned.

ews Brief: It’s a full house when it comes to casinos in Calgary and no further gambling dens will be approved for the foreseeable future, says Alberta Gaming Minister Gordon Graydon.

News Brief: Slots and steaks are beating horses by a furlong in the race to pad the bottom line at Ontario racetrack.

News Brief: Manitoba Lotteries has laid-off 16 casino investigators in an effort to save money.

News Brief: Casino Nova Scotia is in the middle of a $20 million renovations which includes improved security, new VLT machines and a new poker room.

News Brief: Trustees with the Calgary Catholic School District will debate on Wednesday the issue of raising funds through gambling, a practice the city's bishop has called morally problematic.