Casino News

Sudbury may not be able to carry out its ambitious plan to build a new $60 million gambling complex on the Kingsway. An anti-casino group in Sudbury remains broadly opposed to an expanded casino in the city. Some time ago, the group requested the city officials to reconsider the casino […]

Scratching your next lucky ticket for the day, you might have already developed a gambling addiction, without even realizing it. These days, the gambling industry has turned into a multi-faceted business. Every day, people are practically “bombarded” with a number of gambling offerings. Gambling has turned into a popular pastime […]

Merger and acquisition (M&A) strategies are in vogue for quite some time. Merger and acquisition activity is fueled by many reasons, but the most powerful motivation for it is to maximize the companies’ profitability. Consolidation activity is mostly the preferred business tactic for companies that look to crack on new […]

Gambling in its various forms has been among Canada’s most popular pastimes since time immemorial. What has made Canadian land-based casino industry so attractive is the country’s balanced approach to the industry. Unlike many other countries around the world, which are swinging from one extreme to the other in terms […]

Money laundering has appeared to be among the hottest topics currently in Canada. The disturbing money laundering scandal at British Columbia’s River Rock Casino shook the entire gambling community. At present, the country seems to be on the verge of another controversy, but this time related to the loved-by-many slot […]

Documents obtained through a freedom of information request by Postmedia News revealed that $5,000 in chips disappeared from River Rock Casino in Richmond, British Columbia. The documents are highly revised in order to protect ongoing criminal investigations, but these raised nail-biting concerns regarding the presence of underground economy in British […]

In an interview with CBC News media center on Wednesday, Western Fair District CEO Hugh Mitchell told the reporters that the organization may have a hard time supposing that Gateway decides to quit on its casino project at the fairgrounds and re-direct its attention to another site. The reason for […]

Things are getting only worse and worse for the proponents of the highly-discussed full-blown casino project on the Kingsway in Sudbury. One group, in particular, took actions with the purpose of putting a stop to the city’s plan of allowing the construction of an entertainment complex in Sudbury. The group […]

This Monday, McCandless Council unanimously voted against the proposed 10 mini-casinos within the town’s borders. Councilors, though, did not kill any ray of hope, explaining that they might change their stance on the matter in the near future, supposing that they find the mini-casinos to be beneficial for McCandless’ economy. […]

In a press release posted yesterday, Ontario Lottery Gaming Corp. (the Crown corporation responsible for the management of commercial gambling in Ontario) officially announced that Great Canadian Gaming Corp. and its partner, Clairvest Group Inc. are the selected companies to take over the day-to-day operation of four gambling facilities in […]