Canada News - Page 48

Registration begins today for players to fill more than 400 seats at the Point Edward Charity Casino's Blue Water Classic Poker Event

News Brief: Banning casino fundraisers for the classroom will be on the table next week for Calgary's Catholic school board, thanks to a motion filed by dissident trustee Michael O'Malley.

News Brief: Nova Scotia's newest multimillionaire told his boss a little white lie Thursday morning when he called to say he couldn't make it to work.

News Brief: Nova Scotia Liberal Gambling Critic Leo Glavine questions why the government is announcing funds for the development of a gaming strategy and an advertising campaign 3 days before Christmas.

News Brief: The man who won one of the Canada's largest lottery prizes has made a deal over temporary support for his ex-wife, who is battling to try to get half of the $30 million windfall.

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News Brief: Ontario casinos spent more than $300 million on perks and comps to lure gamblers to the card tables and slot machines.

The Small Town Poker Tour announced today they have made visits to several sites in Canada.

News Brief: It's no safe bet that Ontario charities are getting all the proceeds they're owed from bingo halls and local raffles because the province doesn't properly oversee how they're run.

News Brief: Social activist groups across Quebec are demanding that the provincial government hold a legislature committee hearing into the construction of a casino and entertainment complex in Point St. Charles, Quebec.

ews Brief: The Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation says turning off VLTs at midnight has led to a decline in problem gambling.

ews Brief: A first-ever study of gambling prevalence in Newfoundland and Labrador has found VLT players are significantly more at risk for addiction than other gamblers.

News Brief: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has given cable and satellite carriers the green light to deliver gambling channel.

News Brief: A Salt Spring Island man has won the largest legal poker prize in Canada at the B.C. poker championships in Richmond, B.C.

News Brief: Alberta is pressing its luck by giving permits to so many casinos, suggests a professor with the Gambling Research Institute.

News Brief: Canadians are hopping onto charter buses to go to casinos across the border.

News Brief: Vancouver, British Columbia, had been relying on a $7.0 million windfall in revenue from the newly-opened Edgewater Casino. Instead, competition from other municipalities saw the casino pull in only $5.4 million.

News Brief: The Montreal casino has given the Banque Nationale exclusive bank machine rights on the premises, and is taking a cut of the service charge.

News Brief: The provincial Liberals want significant cuts to the number of video lottery terminals.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission and eCOGRA have agreed to work together to ensure that player protection measures are consistently applied across companies operating under their rules.