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ews Brief: Though pari-mutuel handle on Thoroughbred racing in the United States and Canada dropped slightly in the second quarter of 2004, purses increased 2.86%, according to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and Equibase.

News Brief: Gamblers betting at video lottery terminals pumped millions of dollars more into the provincial coffers last year than in the previous year.

The Great Blue Heron Charity Casino reports that employees represented by the Canadian Auto Workers union have ratified a first collective agreement between the Charity Casino and the CAW.

News Brief: Nearly 200 speakers showed up to voice their opinions on the proposal to approve 600 slot machines for the Hastings Racecourse.

CAW-Canada has set a strike deadline of Thursday, July 15, 12:01 a.m., in an effort to reach an agreement with the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino, covering 700 workers in Port Perry, Ontario.

News Brief: Vancouver city council is planning to lend its collective ear to the public on the contentious issue of slot machines making an appearance at Hastings Racecourse.

News Brief: The Enoch First Nation is offering to pay the city $1.4 million for water, sewer and firefighting services for its proposed casino.

News Brief: The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, operators of Great Blue Heron Charity Casino, are at odds with the Ontario Health Department over a smoking ban.

ews Brief: The Ontario government torpedoed reports today that it would consider letting travelers on the new high-speed ferry to Rochester play video lottery terminals in provincial waters.

News Brief: Video lottery terminals would be allowed on the high-speed ferry that recently began operating between Rochester, N.Y., and Toronto under a measure introduced in the state legislature.

First handicapping the political race at the beginning of June, online bookmaker BetWWTS.com today announced updated odds on the outcome of the Canadian Federal Election.

News Brief: While seven First Nations in the province hope to build casinos on their land, a researcher who studies the effects of gambling says Alberta is already reaching its saturation point.

News Brief: The early returns on the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort show that the $1 billion gaming venue and entertainment complex is a success.

News Brief: Police say they have broken up an illegal gambling ring, after conducting raids in Ottawa's west end Tuesday.

News Brief: A grassroots drive to land casino gaming in Niagara Falls, a movement that became a political mantra, began an almost unprecedented era of growth in the region's hospitality industry.

All roads seemed to be heading to Toronto last month as the biggest online gambling event around kicked into gear attended by hundreds of delegates from around the globe.

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News Brief: Supporters of the Hastings Park racetrack will be rallying Tuesday evening at Vancouver city hall as it makes its latest move on the issue of slot machines there.

ews Brief: Nearly 8,000 gamblers attended a gala opening, by invitation only, of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort on Tuesday evening.

News Brief: A former senior civil servant who defrauded the Alberta government of $124,000 to feed a desperate gambling habit was sentenced Thursday to nine months in jail.

News Brief: Casino Windsor revenues tumbled 16 per cent in the fiscal year ended March 31, caused mainly by a litany of events out of their control, according to casino officials.