Nevada-based gambling giant Caesars Entertainment Corporation has signed an agreement with the Buena Vista Rancheria tribe for a $168 million Harrah’s casino near Sacramento. The company will develop a new, 71,000 square-foot facility that will feature 950 slot machines, 20 gaming tables, and four restaurants. The announcement came Friday when […]
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Proposed Woodbine Casino Expansion Fuels Gambling Addiction Concerns
Woodbine Racetrack, a race track for thoroughbred and standardbred racing with more than 60 years on history in the City of Toronto, is on its way to turn into a large casino and hotel complex by 2022. The casino expansion, proposed by Ontario Gaming GTA, is expected to immediately create […]
Could Delta’s Proposed Casino Have a Negative Impact on River Rock?
The City of Delta seems likely to get its own casino after the City Council gave the project a preliminary approval on Monday. The planned CA$70 million casino resort would create up to 700 new jobs and would bring in between $2.5 and $3 million in annual revenue to the […]
Caesars Windsor Casino Closure Benefits Competitors
One of Ontario’s leading casino resorts, Caesars Windsor, was forced to shut down operations last week after workers went on strike and while the closure is undoubtedly damaging for the resort’s revenues, it seems to benefit its competitors. Many analysts predicted that Detroit’s gambling industry may win big from the […]
Sudbury City Council Approves Kingsway Casino Project
After almost three years of debates, the City Council of Sudbury, Ontario, voted Tuesday evening in favour of the rezoning procedure needed for the construction of the Kingsway Entertainment District. Although the casino project was approved, it would need to be given the green light by the court, as the […]
Shorelines Casino Patron Calls Police about Gambling All Her Money Away
Police in Leeds, Ontario, has probably been contacted numerous times about silly or even absurd situations but the latest 911 call was the first of its kind. A woman called the emergency line after gambling and losing all her money at the Shorelines Casino Thousand Islands. According to the police, […]
Caesars Windsor Workers to Vote on Newly Signed Collective Agreement on Thursday
The planned strike at Ontario’s casino Caesars Windsor was narrowly averted Tuesday night when the casino management reached a last-minute agreement with Unifor Local 444 bargaining team. On Thursday, around 2,300 workers will vote on the new contract and ratify it after two months of negotiations. Employees at the Caesars […]
Durham Live Casino Project in Pickering Expected to Open in 2019
The upcoming casino resort in the Durham Region will be built in the city of Pickering and its developer announced on Tuesday that it is now proceeding towards municipal permitting. Ontario Gaming GTA L.P., the company behind the project, said that the currently operating Casino Ajax will relocate to the […]
Delta City Council Likely to Vote on Casino Complex This Month
The proposed hotel and casino complex in Delta, British Columbia, will most probably be reviewed this month by the city council. Councillors will need to grant a preliminary approval before the project for a CA$70 million facility planned by Gateway Casinos and Entertainment can proceed. The Delta City Council has […]
Nevada Woman Hits $1.4 Million Jackpot outside Las Vegas
Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip are visited by millions of customers each year, but there are many gambling venues across the state that are just as generous to gamblers. A local woman from the state of Nevada won a jackpot of $1,418,848 this weekend while playing slots at a […]