Canada News - Page 52

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.

The Canada West Foundation releases its third study on the issues which the growth of gambling are having on our society.

News Brief: A New Brunswick judge has ordered a group that's been occupying a casino on a native reserve to go home.

One thousand players will converge upon Casino Regina July 27-30 to contend for a prize pool of more than $1,000,000 at Canada's largest ever poker tournament.

Pointe St-Charles residents are opposed to the re-location of the casino in their neighborhood and are petitioning to prevent the Loto-Quebec project.

News Brief: Fears that restaurants, bars and casinos will lose smokers' business were dismissed in favour of health concerns Wednesday as Ontario passed what it boasts is the ‘most aggressive anti-tobacco legislation in North America.’

Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort will launch the bustling tourist season with an outdoor party featuring record-breaking wirewalker Jay Cochrane.

Casino Rama will close its doors within six years unless Ontario's First Nation communities resolve an ongoing dispute over gaming revenues, warns Ramara Township Mayor Bill Duffy.

Several of Canada's leading gaming operators, equipment manufacturers and suppliers report the creation of a new industry association to be the national voice for the industry.

News Brief: A 22-year-old Montreal man has struck the third highest jackpot awarded by Casino de Montreal.

Caesars Entertainment has completed the sale of its interest in the company that owns and operates two Nova Scotia gaming properties for approximately US $70 million.

News Brief: Manitoba gamblers beat a path and a smoke trail to Brokenhead First Nation yesterday as the South Beach Casino opened for business.

News Brief: Aliant doesn't know how a Nova Scotia's Gambling Help Line number ended up in Prince Edward Island phone books. However, that province's government said it won't be cutting off Islanders who dial the number.

News Brief: Manitoba should step in and force the First Nations-run casino near Grand Beach to go smoke free, says the Opposition Tory's deputy leader.

News Brief: The northern city of Iqaluit says it's getting out of the lottery licensing business.

News Brief: A New Brunswick, man addicted to video lottery terminals, ended his hunger strike yesterday but not his fight against the machines.

Lotto 6/49 continues to offer bigger jackpots more often, and tonight's draw is estimated at $14 million.

News Brief: Nova Scotia's Conservative government estimates the province would lose as much as $200 million annually if video lottery terminals were banned.