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News Brief: The B.C. government must apply greater scrutiny to the province's $2-billion gambling industry in order to maintain public confidence that government regulators and casino operators are free of corruption, Auditor-General Wayne Strelioff recommended in a report.

News Brief: Selling lottery tickets online will encourage more problem gambling, says the B.C. NDP's critic for gambling policy.

News Brief: Stiff competition among Lower Mainland casinos is projected to cost the city of Vancouver $1.6 million this year.

News Brief: Alberta’s bingo halls and the charity and sports groups that rely on money from the game say they need to explore new and faster games to bring players back, after experiencing declining revenues over the past two years.

The Lotto Super 7 jackpot for tonight’s drawing has reached $10 million.

News Brief: British Columbia rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars from gambling revenues each year, and the amount keeps rising. John Les, the minister responsible for gaming, says the province is not addicted to gambling revenues.

ews Brief: Ontario's NDP is calling for an investigation into how Ontario hires private American companies to run its casinos.

News Brief: Card sharks are in the money stage at the 2005 World Series of Poker and a Winnipegger was in prime position heading into yesterday's crucial third round.

News Brief: A federal study suggests Ontario's casinos may be illegal and advises that a public inquiry be held into Canada's $13-billion gambling industry.

News Brief: Federal health officials have been in a legal tussle with two of Canada's largest casinos over a rewards program they use called Players Advantage Club.

News Brief: Stacked with Daniel Negreanu is a Texas Hold 'Em poker game scheduled for release in this fall for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PSP systems.

News Brief: The buyer of Nova Scotia's two casinos has negotiated a contract with the province that gaming officials insisted Monday makes responsible gambling ‘a priority consideration’ of its operations.

The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada and five provincial casino regulators have signed memoranda of understanding to assist in Canada's efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist activity financing.

News Brief: Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm was adamant he would not ban VLTs, but only reduce their numbers.

News Brief: There's been no progress on the multi-million-dollar casino project since Winfield-based Probe Ventures pitched the concept to the Greater Vernon Services Commission in early May.

News Brief: The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s $1 billion gamble on building a second casino in Niagara Falls is paying off.

News Brief: The families of five gambling addicts who killed themselves are joining a campaign to ban video lottery terminals.

Tonight's Canada’s Lotto Super 7 draw is for a bonus jackpot of $10 million.

News Brief: Premier Ralph Klein says he doesn't think there is a gambling problem in the province, despite a report that said Albertans lose more every year than other Canadians.

News Brief: Casino Windsor officials are bracing to lose gamblers to Detroit casinos when Ontario imposes a no-smoking ban on all public buildings next year.