Author: Daniel Thompson

Last year, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd. submitted its application to the city of Delta, seeking approval for the construction of a premier casino at the Delta Town and Country Inn site in Ladner. Local residents and officials were tasked with weighing the pros and cons of hosting a casino. […]

This Tuesday, one of the largest gaming company in Canada, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited (Gateway), announced that the operator has made a conditional offer to buy a plot of land across from the North Bay Regional Health Centre. The property is Gateway’s preferred site for the construction of its […]

The construction of a full-fledged casino in the Ottawa has been a slog for quite some time. After lengthy debates, it became clear that the Rideau Carleton Raceway will undergo a C$320 million expansion that includes a hotel, a music venue and 140,000 square feet of gaming space for slot […]

River Rock Casino in Richmond made the headlines once again after it was reported that 99.5% of the casino staff voted in favor of a strike action. Quite unsurprisingly, the wages are the hot button once again. The majority of the River Rock casino workers will be on the picket […]

Delta residents have the chance to weigh in on Gateway’s proposed entertainment complex in Ladner once again and voice their opinion on the matter. In September last year, British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) gave preliminary approval for the development of a new entertainment complex at Town & Country Inn. Since […]

The Manitoba Securities Commission and chairman of Canada’s Binary Options Task Force called for restrictive measures on all ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs). The Canadian and U.S. law enforcement branches asked Google to follow Facebook in its initiative to change its advertising policy and ban […]

This Monday brought us the news that Sanders Bruce Segal is facing 37 months in jail after pleading guilty to charges of participating in an international racketeering conspiracy that used a San Diego card room as a cover for illegal sports bookmaking and related criminal activity. In addition to his […]

The proposed C$70 million hotel/casino complex for Delta has invoked a bag of mixed feelings over the last several months. Residents and city officials are responsible for weighing the pros and cons of hosting a casino and decide if the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The decision-making process is the hardest […]

A drug investigation that began in Delta in December 2015 found out that Paul King Pao Jin, the man allegedly behind a sophisticated underground banking scheme used to launder drug cash at British Columbia casinos, collaborated with a group operating drug labs in Richmond. Ge Wang and Jin were allegedly […]

During a quarterly conference that took place this Thursday, the Mohegan Tribe’s chairman Kevin Brown announced that the demolition work for Connecticut’s third casino venture is set to commence by the end of this month. The announcement came amid rumors that MGM Resorts may thwart the implementation of the tribal […]