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News Brief: A Toronto couple picked up their winnings in the Super 7 lottery on Monday – a cheque for $26,879,379, the third largest prize on a single ticket in Canadian lottery history.

Developed in Toronto by Funtime Hospitality Corp., Check n Raise Poker.com will be opening for business on September 26, 2004.

The Great Blue Heron Charity Casino reports that employees represented by the Canadian Auto Workers union have ratified a first collective agreement between the Charity Casino and the CAW.

CAW-Canada has set a strike deadline of Thursday, July 15, 12:01 a.m., in an effort to reach an agreement with the Great Blue Heron Charity Casino, covering 700 workers in Port Perry, Ontario.

News Brief: The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, operators of Great Blue Heron Charity Casino, are at odds with the Ontario Health Department over a smoking ban.

News Brief: The early returns on the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort show that the $1 billion gaming venue and entertainment complex is a success.

News Brief: Police say they have broken up an illegal gambling ring, after conducting raids in Ottawa's west end Tuesday.

News Brief: A grassroots drive to land casino gaming in Niagara Falls, a movement that became a political mantra, began an almost unprecedented era of growth in the region's hospitality industry.

All roads seemed to be heading to Toronto last month as the biggest online gambling event around kicked into gear attended by hundreds of delegates from around the globe.

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ews Brief: Nearly 8,000 gamblers attended a gala opening, by invitation only, of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort on Tuesday evening.

News Brief: Casino Windsor revenues tumbled 16 per cent in the fiscal year ended March 31, caused mainly by a litany of events out of their control, according to casino officials.

News Brief: For a group of Internet gambling executives gathering today in Toronto, the absence of American law enforcement authorities may also be a big draw.

News Brief: The colored waterfall danced, the slot machines clanged and players lined up to check the status of their bonus points at Casino Windsor on Friday morning as it reopened after a contentious 41-day strike.

News Brief: Fresh on the heels of a bitter 41-day strike, Casino Windsor 10th anniversary will quietly pass without much fanfare.

Casino Windsor will reopen on Friday May 14, at 10 a.m. Generous promotions, valuable deals and thrilling gaming action are gearing up to welcome returning customers.

News Brief: Casino Windsor and union representatives met for the first time in 10 days for ‘exploratory’ discussions to find a way toward a solution in the 40-day-old strike.

News Brief: Teamsters heavyweight James P. Hoffa will be in Orillia today to help organize some of the more than 3,000 workers at Casino Rama

News Brief: With its workers on strike and its doors closed, Casino Windsor is losing about $1.6 million in revenues a day and that's affecting the Ontario government's coffers, Ontario Labour Minister Chris Bentley said today.

ews Brief: Ontario's finance minister is opposed to a scheme to tax lottery and gambling winnings.

News Brief: Casino Windsor could reopen Saturday if its unionized employees ratify a tentative agreement reached Wednesday evening, a spokeswoman for the casino said.