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News Brief: Some 300 couples rolled the dice on love, again, as they renewed wedding vows Sunday to open Canada's first casino chapel at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.

The Ontario government is investing $400 million in Casino Windsor, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Joseph Cordiano announced today.

Atronic announces a new direct sales and service focus for the Canadian market.

News Brief: The closure of the sale of Fraser Downs and Sandown Park to Great Canadian Casino Corp. has been delayed.

On February 13, Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort will become the first gaming facility in Canada to open its own wedding chapel.

Canada’s Lotto 6/49 continues to offer bigger jackpots more often, and tonight's draw is estimated at $24 million.

News Brief: Manitoba's lotteries minister says about 10 per cent of the province's 5,300 video lottery terminals may go bilingual as early as this year.

News Brief: Lake City Casino workers have a new contract with their employer. Members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees Union have ratified the three- year agreement by a margin of 86 per cent.

This weekend's LOTTO 6/49 and LOTTO SUPER 7 jackpots are worth a combined total of $30 million.

News Brief: It will take a ‘billion dollar baby’, like the spectacular Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, for Windsor to continue to compete with the Detroit casinos, say gaming analysts.

News Brief: An Ontario government decision that no new casinos will be developed has shaken Dryden Mayor Anne Krassilowsky.

News Brief: The Ontario government has damaged Windsor by dragging its feet over whether to expand Casino Windsor while its competition in Detroit forges ahead with development, says a leading industry analyst.

The Ontario government reports its gaming strategy, which includes an increased focus on social responsibility and a commitment to ensuring the competitiveness of Ontario's gaming industry.

News Brief: The Stoney Nakoda First Nations, through a company set up to launch a casino operation, is moving ahead with its proposal to build a casino and hotel development in Alberta.

News Brief: The sale of Fraser Downs has been given approval by Surrey council, provided the purchaser meets a list of requirements.

News Brief: There are now officially two sets of laws when it comes to where people can smoke in Saskatchewan.

News Brief: Caesar's Entertainment is putting its Nova Scotia Casino Hotel up for sale.

Internet wagering on The Simpsons is continuing to take center stage at BetUS.com since the company posted odds on the mystery gay character who will be ‘outed’ in an upcoming episode.

News Brief: Vancouver city councillor Peter Ladner wants the province to set up an independent gambling research institute to study the effects of expanded gambling in B.C.

News Brief: A $100-million destination resort casino has won final approval in New Westminster, with construction set to begin immediately.