Ontario News - Page 17

News Brief: Legends Sports Lounge, Casino Windsor's sports betting venue, which allows legal bets on the biggest gambling event of the year, is braced for a big boost from the Super Bowl.

ews Brief: Critics are chastising the Ontario government's decision to allow smoking rooms to be built inside provincially owned casinos but not bars and restaurants.

News Brief: An Ottawa graduate student found a novel way to climb out from under $30,000 debt: he went to the Bahamas and won a $1 million poker tournament.

News Brief: In the late 1980s, the brothers won about $90,000 at Toronto's Woodbine race track and decided to put that money toward more sports betting.

News Brief: Casino Windsor announced this morning that in early 2008, it will be known as Caesars Windsor.

News Brief: An alarming number of Ontarians believe poker is a viable means to make a living, according to a study released Tuesday by the Responsible Gambling Council.

Fallsview Casino Resort has crowned its two new WPT title winners - one each for the inaugural WPT Canadian Open and the WPT North American Poker.

Canadian Jason Sagle is the chip-leader at the first North American Poker Championship (NAPC) held outside the United States.

Text of Bill 152 that refers to Ontario's proposed prohibition of online gambling advertising.

News Brief: The Ontario government plans to move to close the loopholes with a blanket ban on advertising of Internet gambling, direct or indirect.

WPT Enterprises, Inc. and Fallsview Casino Resort report that the inaugural WPT Canadian Open will also include three of Canada's premier poker pros - Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, and Isabelle Mercier.

News Brief: The large red Casino Windsor sign that faces the Detroit skyline was removed Monday to make way for the view from a new lounge inside the casino that faces the Detroit River.

News Brief: There's criticism of the Ontario government following the layoff of more than 100 casino employees in Niagara Falls.

News Brief: Tough times in the tourism sector are being blamed for another round of job cuts in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Fallsview Casino Resort will host the first-ever World Poker Tour Canadian Open from October 22 to October 24.

News Brief: Starting today, metro Detroiters will be able to cross the Canadian border to Windsor and place live bets on sports, something that is legal in the United States only in Nevada.

News Brief: Casino Windsor will begin offering sports betting next Friday -- marking the first time Metro Detroiters will have access to live sports wagering.

News Brief: Eight dollar store employees in Toronto, Ont. and a Kitchener woman became sudden millionaires of a $43-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot yesterday.

OLG Casino Point Edward is inviting the media and public to a weekend of celebration beginning with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting this Friday to show off its brand new look.

News Brief: Ontario's Casino Windsor says it is laying off 297 unionized and 32 non-union staff due to a slowdown.