Canada News - Page 55

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.

News Brief: Canadian actor John Dunsworth says a New Brunswick man should continue his fight against video lottery terminals, but end his hunger strike.

A Canadian Class Action lawsuit has been launched claiming that people with Parkinson's disease developed a gambling addiction as a result of their use of the drug Mirapex.

Canada’s Lotto Super 7 bonus draws continue with tonight's jackpot at $22.5 million.

News Brief: A new casino is opening its doors in Langley on Thursday, and city councillors are already spending the expected gaming revenues.

News Brief: A group opposing to the spread of legalized gambling says a casino in Ontario should repay hundreds of thousands of dollars that a woman from Hamilton stole from a children's hospital fund and lost at the casino.

Silverstar Entertainment in association with The Canadian Charities Association, presents a charity fundraising event featuring world poker tour champions.

News Brief: Gamblers in one Nova Scotia town have a smart new tool to help keep themselves from going wild on lottery machines.