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Ontario Jurisdiction News
Ontario casino workers reach deal
31 Jul 2008
News Brief: A tentative agreement has been reached to end a strike by more than 800 workers at Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. casinos in Toronto, Brantford and Sudbury.
Waterloo a hotbed for poker prodigies
6 Feb 2008
News Brief: For the fourth time in two years, a Waterloo, Ont., card shark has raked in more than half a million dollars in an international poker tournament.
Charges laid in alleged 'insider' lottery win: police
19 Dec 2007
News brief: Ontario Provincial Police have laid charges relating to an alleged multi-million dollar lottery prize insider win, the force announced Tuesday.
Ontario town worried about slot plan
28 Nov 2007
News Brief: Innisfil, Ontario, council worries a plan by Simcoe County and Ramara Township could impact slot machine revenues at Georgian Downs.
Ontario official can't investigate lottery complaint
29 Aug 2007
News Brief: Ontario's new gaming regulator says it cannot investigate a complaint involving a lottery terminal in Brampton because it doesn't yet have proper authority.
Maintenance worker wins lottery
22 Mar 2007
News Brief: A Scarborough maintenance worker has won $18 million in the Lotto 6/49 jackpot.
Student wins $1 million poker tournament
8 Jan 2007
News Brief: An Ottawa graduate student found a novel way to climb out from under $30,000 debt: he went to the Bahamas and won a $1 million poker tournament.
Canada: Ontario's bill to prohibit online gambling adverts
24 Oct 2006
Text of Bill 152 that refers to Ontario's proposed prohibition of online gambling advertising.
Ontario moves to ban online gambling ads
18 Oct 2006
News Brief: The Ontario government plans to move to close the loopholes with a blanket ban on advertising of Internet gambling, direct or indirect.
Ontario Tribal Chief Wants Online Gaming Vote
27 Feb 2006
News Brief: Six Nations Chief David General believes the people will have to decide whether Internet gaming is a safe bet for Canada's most populous native reserve.
Ontario Poker Event Registration Begins
9 Jan 2006
Registration begins today for players to
fill more than 400 seats at the Point Edward Charity Casino's Blue Water Classic Poker Event
Ontario Man Wins Ultimate Poker Challenge
27 Sep 2005
Luck paved the way for Michael Brown, who won the top prize yesterday at the first Ultimate Poker Challenge.
PokerRoom.com Proposes NHL Lockout Solution
21 Dec 2004
PokerRoom.com has today delivered registered letters to NHL commissioner and NHL Players' Association executive director offices, inviting them to settle the labor dispute in a game of winner-take-all poker on PokerRoom.com.
CryptoLogic to Release New Games
23 Nov 2004
CryptoLogic Inc. reports the release of a new array of internationally-popular games with the latest version of its leading casino software.
Check n Raise Poker.com Launch Planned for September
27 Aug 2004
Developed in Toronto by Funtime Hospitality Corp., Check n Raise Poker.com will be opening for business on
September 26, 2004.
All Happening at GIGSE
14 Jun 2004
All roads seemed to be heading to Toronto last month as the biggest online gambling event around kicked into gear attended by hundreds of delegates from around the globe.
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