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Canada Jurisdiction News
Canada: Union and MP call for legalization of single-game sports betting
31 Oct 2011
The call is for single-game sports betting to be legalized in Canada to capture some of the $2 billion Canadians spend illegally on it.
Online poker players in U.S. consider relocating to Canada to continue careers
25 May 2011
Poker players in the United States may consider moving to Canada to keep earning a living.
Canadians gamble more, revenue up
27 Aug 2010
Stats Can report shows gambling revenue up after a decline in 2008.
Canada overhauls gambling laws in crime crackdown
6 Aug 2010
Canada changes regulations that will see certain illegal gambling charges upgrade to "serious crime".
Canada has lotto fever
25 Jun 2010
Lottery mania and ticket buying continues as no winner yet for Canada's major jackpot.
Top-10 stories from the first half of the WSOP
21 Jun 2010
More than half of the bracelet events at the 2010 World Series of Poker have been completed, and we’re just two weeks away from the start of the Main Event. Sounds like it's time to look back at the top stories of this year’s WSOP.
Lottery largest in Canadian history
18 Jun 2010
No jackpot winner for 7 weeks means largest jackpot in Canadian history.
Uefa suspends referee following 'irregular betting patterns'
16 Dec 2009
Irregular betting patterns have prompted UEFA to suspend a Bulgarian referee.
B.C. raises stakes for online gamblers
19 Aug 2009
News brief: B.C. Lottery Corp. plans to raise the weekly limit on its Play Now website from $120 to nearly $10,000.
Harrah's Interactive to be based in Montreal
1 Jun 2009
The new subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment established to expand the WSOP online will be based in Montreal.
Dream of hitting the big one is more seductive than ever
4 Feb 2009
News brief: Lucky numbers are getting a bit of extra mileage these days.
Lottery 'misprints' cost man $135,000
7 Jan 2009
News brief: A Toronto-area man who won $135,000 on four scratch-off lottery tickets has been told they were printing mistakes.
Negreanu wins BC Poker Championship title
24 Nov 2008
Canada's most popular poker player outlasted a field of 689 and took home $371,910.
Professor urges legalizing Web betting
23 Jul 2008
UNLV associate professor says the legalization and regulation of online gambling in the United States and Canada could help reduce some of the activity's harm.
WPT Canada tour kicks off
5 May 2008
WPT Canada tour kicks off today with its first stop—Coast to Coast Poker Championships, presented by British Columbia Lottery Corporation—at River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia.
GigaMedia responds to Canadian regulatory position
26 Mar 2008
GigaMedia Limited has reaffirmed its view
that the regulatory and licensing situation in Canada and the territory of
Kahnawake is reliable and stable.
Canadian government looks to stamp out tribal online gambling
5 Mar 2008
News Brief: The Canadian government is considering new measures to stamp out Internet gaming sites based on a native reserve in Quebec.
Bodog, Morris Mohawk Gaming Group sign deal
10 Sep 2007
Bodog Entertainment is pleased to announce a brand licensing agreement with Morris Mohawk Gaming Group for operations and marketing of gaming in North America.
U.S. faces seven compensation claims in WTO online gambling case
25 Jun 2007
Casino City has confirmed that seven compensation claims have been filed against the U.S. in its ongoing WTO online gambling case with Antigua and Barbuda.
Canadian lotto numbers mistakenly posted
19 Feb 2007
News Brief: The Western Canada Lottery Corporation says it made a mistake when it posted online what appeared to be winning numbers for its Millionaire for Life draw — which doesn't take place until the end of February.
Lotto game offers $1 million a year prize
31 Jan 2007
Available throughout the month of February, Millionaire Life will award
one player a top prize of $1 million a year for 25 consecutive years.
Paradise Poker searches for the poker King of Canada
8 Jan 2007
Canada is a hotbed of great poker players and Paradise Poker is in search of the best one to crown him or her King of Canada with a $50,000 prize.
£20m jackpot for Paradise Poker's three founders
7 Nov 2006
News Brief: Three Canadian founders of Sportingbet's Paradise Poker business yesterday shared a payout worth more than £20m after operating profits reached a milestone.
Canada pressured to decide on online gambling
7 Nov 2006
News Brief: It appears Canada is going to come under pressure to outline a stance on online gambling as Britain pushes countries around the world to regulate, while the United States moves toward outlawing it.
Canadian Jason Sagle leading North American Poker Championship
27 Oct 2006
Canadian Jason Sagle is the chip-leader at the first North American Poker Championship (NAPC) held outside the United States.
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