Author: Daniel Thompson

Canada’s labor union Unite Here, that represents also casino workers, is ready to attack British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) for imposing an excessive eye-watering freedom of information search fee of $500,000. According to the members of the union, the overwhelming fee aims at limiting access to the requested information as […]

Canada’s largest casino operator Gateway Casinos and Entertainment announced that the $26-million reconstruction project of Point Edward Casino is going on schedule and the entire project is to be finished sometime in late spring this year, supposing that work continues to progress in that manner. Last year, Gateway announced its […]

The fight for the legalization and regulation of sports betting in America gets the much-needed boost after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear New Jersey sports betting case on whether to allow the state to permit this type of gambling at the state’s racetracks and casinos. This year the […]

Sports betting is a growing global industry, that is worth billions of dollars per year. Its fast-paced growth managed to outpace a number of other gambling products. The U.S. sports betting industry has ballooned in size over the last few years to finally attract the attention of the U.S. officials, […]

Langley’s Cascades Casino is set to undergo a multi-million expansion that includes a new bingo hall, a classy restaurant called Atlas Steak + Fish, a roof patio with a raised garden and an additional gaming area. To make space for the new amenities, Langley’s Cascades Casino plans to remove the […]

MGM Resorts International, the gambling operator that stays behind Springfield’s casino, is currently seeking to join forces with the U.S. Department of Interior and convince the state officials to back off from their plans to allow the construction of the first tribal Connecticut casino located on a non-tribal plot of […]

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 […]