Author: Daniel Thompson

The City of Brandon reached a historic agreement with the Gambler First Nation in western Manitoba for establishing an urban reserve within the city. Despite the tribal agreement, however, there are no plans for a future development of an Indian casino, representatives of the tribe said on Friday. The partnership […]

The Canadian province of British Columbia may lose as much as CA$47 million annually from its budget if the interim ban on high-stakes table games remains. The proposal is part of the measures taken to combat money laundering in the wake of allegations of irregularities at Richmond’s River Rock Casino. […]

One of Canada’s largest gambling companies, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd., continues its growth strategy with confidence after securing a crucial gaming bundle of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). The company announced Thursday that it has been selected by OLG as the service provider of its Central Gaming […]

Representatives of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission (OLG) addressed concerns in relation to the construction of a new gambling establishment in the area of Chatham-Kent, located in the south-eastern part of the province. The casino in question is to be built by one of the biggest gambling companies in […]

The development director for the Delaware Council on Gambling Problems Jeff Wasserman tackled the issue of problem gambling among the members of the military at a conference on gambling addiction, which took place yesterday at the Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center. Mr Wasserman also assumed the role of a […]

The town of East Windsor in Halford County, Connecticut, is preparing for a public hearing that could potentially scrap the license of a tribal gambling venue in the area, paving the way for a more competitive bidding for the rights to build the first casino off tribal ground in the […]

Construction firm Pacific Rim Group of Companies announced that it would finish construction on the Imperial Pacific Resort Casino in Saipan. The firm says it will need to hire more than 2,000 employees in order to finish the work on the controversial casino project. Construction work on the massive Imperial […]

Anti-casino campaigners have obtained further information to back up their stance against the Kingsway Entertainment District centre that is to be erected in the Kingsway district, in Greater Sudbury, north-eastern Ontario. This is a massive project which entails the building of a huge event centre, comprising an arena, a festival […]

Mardi Gras Casino and Resorts in Nitro, West Virginia has been acquired by hospitality company Delaware North, which owns the state’s only other greyhound racing track in Wheeling. The sale was completed on Tuesday, but no details about the agreement were disclosed. In January, the international hospitality and entertainment company […]