Canada News - Page 45

News Brief: Wednesday is the last day for smokers to light up at Canadian casinos, then business could light up on the American side of the U.S.-Canada border.

College Poker Championship top finalists not only walked away with a more secure college future, but they also enriched the lives of the less fortunate by donating $1,000 each to the charity of their choice.

Record numbers of I-gaming industry members participated in the annual Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) May 16-18 at the Palais de Congres in Montreal.

Lawrence Lessig opened the eighth annual Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) last week with an appeal to the Internet gambling industry to convince government officials to regulate online gaming.

News Brief: The Mohawks of Kahnawake are considering participating in a London share offering that would raise money for an international network of computer centres to serve the online gambling industry and other e-businesses.

News Brief: The government agencies responsible for gaming and lotteries in the province are warning the public to beware of phoney letters suggesting they've hit the jackpot in a Manitoba lottery.

In October the World Poker Tour will offer a look at who else might be Canadian stars-in-the-making when the Tour inaugurates its first stop north of the border at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.

News Brief: A Crown prosecutor says a Newfoundland man convicted of smashing nearly a dozen video lottery terminals with a hammer should not have to go to jail for his crimes.

In a recent poll of Canadian attitudes toward gaming, the overwhelming majority of Canadians see gaming as a fun, responsible and acceptable form of entertainment.

News Brief: Ontario gamblers wagered $5.85 billion in fiscal 2004-05, an increase of $125 million from the previous year.

The Gordon House Association, a UK-based provider of residential support for gamblers recovering from addiction, will be the official charity of the River City Group-sponsored Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE).

News Brief: Sault Ste. Marie has received $344,906 from Casino Sault Ste. Marie.

Pollard Banknote Limited Partnership has been awarded a contract to print a brand new national instant ticket game for the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation.

News Brief: The First Nations-run Swift Current Casino was one step closer to becoming a reality Tuesday with the signing of a municipal services agreement between the city and Nekaneet First Nation.

Deal yourself into the Lavalife Party Poker Challenge, and you could get lucky -- walking away with fabulous prizes and maybe even a date!

Atronic is pleased to announce the addition of Kevin Turner to their sales team as Regional Sales Executive.

News Brief: The PEI government has suspended plans for a casino-styled gambling centre in Summerside.

News Brief: Gateway Casinos Income Fund has signed a deal to buy Cascades Langley Casino and Hotel for $106.3 million in cash and units.

Revolutionary online poker room PKR.com, is gearing up to break into the North American market in spring 2006.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has signed an agreement-in-principle with the Ontario First Nations Limited Partnership that sets out a new partnership for sharing the economic benefits of gaming.