Ontario News - Page 15

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.

News Brief: City councillors are putting the pressure on provincial candidates, with an election looming, to secure the long-term future of Casino Niagara.

VeCommerce Inc. reports its contract with Woodbine Entertainment Group to expand their existing telephone wagering system.

News Brief: Sarnia and Point Edward's slot revenues were up from the previous quarter, it was announced Friday

Fallsview Casino Resort announced today that five new acts have just been added to the Avalon Theatre's star-studded concert line-up.

News Brief: Ontario's First Nation chiefs on Monday rejected a revenue-sharing deal with provincial lotteries and casinos that would have amounted to $2.5-billion in funding over 20 years.

Fallsview Casino Resort announced today that the September concert line-up for the Avalon Theatre will include performances by Lionel Richie, Martina McBride and Montgomery Gentry, comedian Larry the Cable Guy, Paul Anka and pop icons The 5th Dimension.

News Brief: The Fort Erie Race Track owner has unveiled plans for a $282 million hotel, entertainment and housing complex on land next to the thoroughbred track and slot casino.