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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.

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The Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre today announced research awards examining such issues as the link between problem gambling and criminal behaviour.

Magna Entertainment Corp. says that it does not intend to renew its lease of Multnomah Greyhound Park in Portland, Oregon when the lease expires on December 31, 2004.

PokerRoom.com has today delivered registered letters to NHL commissioner and NHL Players' Association executive director offices, inviting them to settle the labor dispute in a game of winner-take-all poker on PokerRoom.com.

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News Brief: Gamblers who smoke will likely have to butt out when they visit Ontario casinos once the province passes its proposed anti-smoking legislation, Health Minister George Smitherman suggested Tuesday.

News Brief: Gambling in Ontario is here to stay, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday, despite a report showing problem gamblers contribute more than one third of the province's gambling revenues.

News Brief: A Toronto tax accountant has won the largest slot-machine jackpot in Canadian history, picking up nearly $5.8 million at a Niagara Falls casino.

News Brief: Ontario police say a fraud investigation at a Caribbean casino led them to a local marijuana grow house, which has resulted in four arrests and a child placed with the Children's Aid Society.

News Brief: Over the last few years, casinos have increasingly crept into gourmet territory. Instead of the traditional cheap buffet, designed to bring in the masses, variety is the order of the day.

News Brief: Even the alarm system joined the chorus Monday when Casino Windsor celebrated its 10th anniversary with a cake-cutting.

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