Ontario News - Page 20

News Brief: In the face of sobering statistics from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the city’s two casinos are eager to turn the page.

News Brief: Profits at Casino Windsor continue to shrink because of increased border security, competition from Detroit casinos, the lingering repercussions from a six-week strike last year and the declining value of the Canadian dollar.

News Brief: A new poker room opens today in Casino Niagara, Niagara Fall’s original casino.

A St. Catharines contractor is $2.3 million richer after hitting a Megabucks slot machine jackpot at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort early this morning.

News Brief: The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is setting up information centres at two of the province's casinos that will be operated by independent counsellors who specialize in gambling addictions.

Time is running out to claim a prize worth $250,000 for an Encore - Lotto Super 7 ticket sold one year ago in Windsor, Ontario.

The winners of last year's Masters of Blackjack tournament returned to Niagara Fallsview Casino with a vengeance to defend their titles.

International News Brief: Casino Windsor's revenue plummeted 13.6 per cent during the three months ending Dec. 31, 2004, the third straight quarter of falling income.

ews Brief: Former Ontario premier David Peterson has been appointed to lead discussions with First Nations toward achieving a new agreement on sharing gaming revenues.

News Brief: Ontario's opposition parties lashed out Tuesday against the Liberal government's decision to spend $400 million to expand Casino Windsor.

News Brief: Some 300 couples rolled the dice on love, again, as they renewed wedding vows Sunday to open Canada's first casino chapel at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.

The Ontario government is investing $400 million in Casino Windsor, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Joseph Cordiano announced today.

On February 13, Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort will become the first gaming facility in Canada to open its own wedding chapel.

News Brief: It will take a ‘billion dollar baby’, like the spectacular Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort, for Windsor to continue to compete with the Detroit casinos, say gaming analysts.

News Brief: An Ontario government decision that no new casinos will be developed has shaken Dryden Mayor Anne Krassilowsky.

News Brief: The Ontario government has damaged Windsor by dragging its feet over whether to expand Casino Windsor while its competition in Detroit forges ahead with development, says a leading industry analyst.

The Ontario government reports its gaming strategy, which includes an increased focus on social responsibility and a commitment to ensuring the competitiveness of Ontario's gaming industry.

Time is running out to claim a prize worth $250,000 for an ENCORE - LOTTO 6/49 ticket sold one year ago in Hamilton, Ontario.