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News Brief: Ontario's Casino Windsor says it is laying off 297 unionized and 32 non-union staff due to a slowdown.

ews Brief: Coquitlam, British Columbia, scored a $2-million windfall from the Boulevard Casino this week.

News Brief: Municipalities across B.C. received a record windfall from casino gambling in the past fiscal year, raking in more than $65 million in royalties — up nearly 20 per cent from the year before.

News Brief: More than $1.7 million in gambling revenues coming annually from casino nights hosted in Calgary, according to information provided by the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission.

ino Royale reports that the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority has authorized the company's request to operate eight weeks of harness racing at Big Valley Raceway in Craven, Saskatchewan.

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.