Toronto city council has until mid-2013 to submit its approval or rejection of a casino proposal to the OLG. However, the city’s board of health has already voted its rejection of a casino in Toronto. The vote was 9-1 for a motion submitted by Councilor Joe Mihevc, which rejects the OLG’s expanded gambling plans…
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The NHL is a league that is very important to a widespread number of Canadians. Coast to coast to coast, hockey is considered the country’s national sport, and the NHL is considered the quality standard for prime hockey talent. With the league in lockout for over two months now, bets are being placed on whether…
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Despite the controversy surrounding sports betting law in Canada, the bets are still coming in. Regardless of how many matches are considered legal to bet on in Canada, casinos and bookmakers are still taking bets on tonight’s UFC main event in Montreal. The UFC has not publicly offered an opinion on Canada’s sportsbetting laws, unlike…
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The World Poker Tour (WPT) is officially returning to Canada. After several years of withdrawal from the Canadian market, the popular tournament is taking a seat at the tables in the Playground Poker Club, just outside of Montreal. The tournament is scheduled to begin November 23, lasting through November 27 in a 5 day grueling…
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Discussion regarding the OLG’s casino plans has fuelled debate in Ontario communities for most of the last year. As the end date for debate gets closer, potential casino operators are negotiating with both the OLG and representatives of city council committees about designs and locations. Bidders on the proposed Toronto casino have publicly shared their…
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OLG President Rod Phillips has been making speeches to communities around Ontario to shore up support for the OLG’s casino development plans. Last week, Phillips was in Hamilton at the request of a city council sub-committee to answer questions about the OLG’s plans. This week Phillips was back in Toronto to tout the economic benefits…
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First Nations communities in British Columbia are preparing for a legal and political fight, similar to one waged by Saskatchewan First Nation communities against the provincial government. B.C. Grand Chief Joe Hall says First Nations communities will open unlicensed casinos and online casinos to stand up to the government. In a letter to B.C. Premier…
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The RCMP has laid charges to the operators of an illegal gambling website based out of Ottawa. Three men were arrested at the end of last week in what the RCMP called Project Amethyst, the code name used for the investigation, with eighteen other people also listed amongst the accused. Project Amethyst originally began in…
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Earlier this week, Full Tilt Poker completed its comeback to the online gaming community. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the once top online poker site received a joyous return from players around the world, and the poker tables were filled with tens of thousands of players within hours of relaunch. It had been…
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It was a tough day of questions for OLG President Rod Phillips yesterday in Hamilton. The head of Ontario’s Lottery and Gaming Corporation was invited to join a sub-committee of Hamilton city councilors discussing the casino proposal presented to the city. The OLG has made it clear it prefers a casino site somewhere in the…
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