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Quebec to legalize Texas hold 'em External Link

Casinos in Quebec hope the province's plan to legalize Texas hold 'em poker will bring in a full house. "It's something that we've been...
Canada | 06 Jul 2007

Casino revenues drop on strong competition External Link

Revenues at Quebec's Casino du Lac-Leamy dropped 3.9% last year as rival casinos targeted local gamblers. The casino also said that legal...
Canada | 23 Jun 2007

Gambling money offered to Indians External Link

Ontario's aboriginal communities could get US$2.5 billion over the next 20 years under a proposed new deal to share revenue from provincial...
Canada | 14 Jun 2007

Alberta poker computer program will try to outplay two top human players External Link

University of Alberta researchers are betting their poker-playing computer program will beat two of the sharpest human professional players...
Canada | 11 Jun 2007

Charges laid in Winnipeg gambling raids External Link

More than 60 people have been charged with gambling offences after raids on three Winnipeg social clubs last week. Six people are charged...
Canada | 06 Jun 2007

NHL star pleads guilty to illegal gambling External Link

Former hockey star Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty Friday to running a sports gambling ring, but may not have to serve any jail time. The ring...
Canada | 26 May 2007

Canadian student dealt PokerStars 10-billionth hand External Link

A 19-year old Canadian woman, trying to get through her first year at Dalhousie University, won the 10-billionth hand dealt at PokerStars,...
Canada | 21 May 2007

Gambling up, smoking down in N.W.T., survey says External Link

The number of people gambling in the Northwest Territories is on the rise, while the number of smokers is in decline, according to the findings...
Canada | 08 May 2007

Seven years for CAN$22M fraud External Link

A woman who created an elaborate pyramid scheme to fund a multimillion-dollar gambling habit was sentenced to seven years in a federal penitentiary...
Canada | 30 Apr 2007

Canadians lost CAN$14.5 billion to gambling in 2006 External Link

Canadians gambled away CAN$14.5 billion last year playing slot machines, buying lottery tickets and betting at the race track without getting...
Canada | 27 Apr 2007

Churchill-Magna venture wins new client External Link

TrackNet Media Group LLC, a newly formed joint venture of Churchill Downs Inc. and Magna Entertainment Corp., has agreed to supply horse-racing...
Canada | 19 Apr 2007

Gambling revenues declining for P.E.I. External Link

While gambling is on the rise on Prince Edward Island, profits for the provincial treasury have been on the wane in recent years.
Canada | 13 Apr 2007

Canadians gamble is for fun, not money External Link

Twice as many Canadians gamble simply for the fun of it, than gamble in an effort to make money, according to the annual National Gaming...
Canada | 11 Apr 2007

Province turns gambling regulation over to First Nations agency External Link

A First Nations agency, Indigenous Gaming Regulators, is taking over responsibility for bingos and other forms of charitable gaming on Saskatchewan...
Canada | 03 Apr 2007

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