Ontario News - Page 14

News Brief: An RCMP probe into a southern Ontario drug trafficking ring has exposed a loophole in the province's casino system that police fear criminals are exploiting in a bid to launder the proceeds of crime.

News Brief: By southern Ontario standards, it's kind of out of the way, but that doesn't keep the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino on the Scucog First Nation from being popular.

Fallsview Casino Resort announced today the World Rock Symphony Orchestra will join the list of big names appearing in the resort's Avalon Theatre this summer.

Plans to revitalize Windsor as a premier entertainment destination will take a major step forward on Thursday, June 19, 2008, as the newly re-branded Caesars Windsor opens the doors to its expanded facilities at a gala celebration.

A line-up of music stars and comedians will fill the stage at Fallsview Casino Resort in July.

News Brief: Casino Windsor will likely start notifying patrons today of a possible strike by week's end if contract negotiations don't start gaining momentum, CAW Local 444 president Ken Lewenza said Tuesday.

The folks over at the Reel Life were feeling a bit frisky this week, so they've given the popular weekly feature an "attitude" facelift. In their sights this week are repeat winners, big winners, really big winners and small winners.

News Brief: Niagara’s casinos are sticking with the world-famous brand name they’ve been using for more than 10 years.

News Brief: For the fourth time in two years, a Waterloo, Ont., card shark has raked in more than half a million dollars in an international poker tournament.

News Brief: A simulated casino has been added to the Guelph University campus after receiving funding from the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre.

News Brief: Scientists at the University of Guelph have created an artificial casino, aimed at giving researchers more insight into gambling behaviour.

News brief: Slot machines and blackjack tables aren't usually associated with Christmas, but Ontario's government-operated casinos will be open Dec. 25., a day most other businesses are closed.

News brief: Casino Windsor's 3,000 employees have been very generous this season, raising funds and donating their time to those less fortunate.

News brief: Ontario Provincial Police have laid charges relating to an alleged multi-million dollar lottery prize insider win, the force announced Tuesday.

News Brief: Innisfil, Ontario, council worries a plan by Simcoe County and Ramara Township could impact slot machine revenues at Georgian Downs.

News Brief: A big horse-racing and slot-machine development in Belleville, Ontario, is on track after Baymount Inc. lined up financing for construction of the new Quinte Exhibition and Raceway.

News Brief: The province of Ontario is discriminating against a northern aboriginal charitable casino by not allowing it to offer card tables, NDP Leader Howard Hampton said.

News Brief: Another $1 million plus has entered the city hall's revenue stream from Western Fair Raceway's slots business in London, Ontario.

News Brief: Ontario's new gaming regulator says it cannot investigate a complaint involving a lottery terminal in Brampton because it doesn't yet have proper authority.

Texas Hold 'Em players looking to compete against the giants of the game are already flocking to the poker room at Fallsview Casino Resort to take part in satellite tournaments hoping to win a seat in the World Poker Tour's 2007 North American Poker Championship.