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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.

Time is running out to claim a LOTTO 6/49 second prize worth $95,814.30 for a ticket sold one year ago in Kingston, Ontario.

CryptoLogic Inc. reports the release of a new array of internationally-popular games with the latest version of its leading casino software.

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.

Ontario's Big Game, OLGC's newest $10.00 instant lottery ticket featuring a top prize of $5 million, is the largest instant top prize in the history of Ontario lotteries.

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.