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The Casino City staff is hard at work at GIGSE. The conference has drawn online and land-based gambling industry leaders to Montreal to discuss the future of the online industry in North America.

Casino City staff compiled a list of the most interesting quotes from the first day of the Global iGaming Summit & Expo in Montreal.

The Global iGaming Summit & Expo (GIGSE) returned Tuesday after a two-year hiatus, gathering online and land-based gambling industry professionals for a "Pre-Conference Workshop" to discuss the future of the industry in North America.

I was given the opportunity to spend a day in Kahnawake with Bodog's US facing brand licensee, The Morris Mohawk Gaming group, and to complete the very first interview of Alwyn Morris, CEO of the group.

News brief: Loto-Québec will spend $305 million to fix up the Montreal Casino building to help the casino keep up with its North American competition.

News Brief: Security employees at the Montreal Casino were locked out by management last night during a four-hour protest in front of the casino's administrative offices.

Casino de Montreal hosted the world’s largest multi-table poker tournament ever run on automated poker tables.

PokerTek, Inc. has placed its PokerPro systems with The Société des casinos du Québec Inc.

A ranking of the largest casinos in the world as well as what fills up these spacious gaming floors.

I am a CAC groupie. According to Marc Lesnik, that is. I have been to many online gaming conferences in my time and so far I have managed to hit all of Lesnik's shows, big or small. Unfortunately CAC Montreal was rather poorly attended, although we all knew this was going to happen due to location and timing.

Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces the Affiliate Convention will be held on August 27-28, 2007 in Montreal at the Intercontinental Hotel.

It is amazing what can happen in two years. I attended my first GIGSE in May, 2005 and knew absolutely no one, attended May, 2006 and knew absolutely everyone, attended June, 2007 and no one was there. Imagine that. Lucky for me, this year I was able to nail down a solid group of about 20 people who were up for some nice meals and some big nights out. Honestly, I think that our nights were wilder than ever before just so we could prove a point. No sponsored parties? Fine. We'll have more fun on our own. Thanks to Jodie from LyceumMedia.com, I experienced one of the wildest nights of my life (well, maybe not as wild as my CAP Spring Break experiences...)

News Brief: Elation turned to despair for a Quebec man last weekend when a mistake in a Montreal newspaper led him to believe he had a winning ticket in last weekend's $43.2-million Lotto 6-49 jackpot.

Casino City CEO Michael Corfman is finally ready to put his stunning loss at the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) Velcro Drag Races behind him, vowing, “Just wait until next year.”

Record numbers of I-gaming industry members participated in the annual Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) May 16-18 at the Palais de Congres in Montreal.

Lawrence Lessig opened the eighth annual Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) last week with an appeal to the Internet gambling industry to convince government officials to regulate online gaming.

The Gordon House Association, a UK-based provider of residential support for gamblers recovering from addiction, will be the official charity of the River City Group-sponsored Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE).

News Brief: The $1.2-billion project to revamp the Montreal Casino and move it to a working-class district was axed on Friday after a ten-month anti-casino campgain was successful

News Brief: The head of the committee that is examining whether the casino should be moved to the Peel Basin says it is too early for the Quebec government to decide to move Montreal's casino.

News Brief: Loto-Quebec's proposal to relocate the Montreal Casino to the Southwest borough could help revitalize the area but questions remain about public security and the impact on the neighbourhood, the city of Montreal says.