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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.

Baymount Incorporated and its wholly-owned subsidiary Belleville Racetrack Development Corporation have received Preliminary Approval for a License to Operate a Racetrack from

News Brief: Local municipal officials haven't had direct contact with backers of what the city's mayor calls a ‘fantasy’ casino plan for Woodstock, Ontario.

News Brief: Nearly a month into Ontario's smoking ban, Windsor bingo hall operators say many Michigan customers are staying home.

ews Brief: A new indoor smoking ban that became law late last month across the Niagara River in Ontario now makes the Seneca casino the only gambling hall in Niagara Falls that allows patrons to light up.

ews Brief: A New York-based holding company could be bucking insurmountable odds in a proposal for a Woodstock hotel-casino.

News Brief: Slots and steaks are beating horses by a furlong in the race to pad the bottom line at Ontario racetrack.

Art Frank, former President and CEO of Casino Rama, has been named President of Niagara Casinos by the board of directors of Falls Management Company.

News Brief: Aboriginal protesters took their fight on the road Wednesday, setting up an information picket at the Brantford Casino, claiming the site as theirs.