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Gateway Casinos and Entertainment remains committed to the Kingsway Entertainment District project in Sudbury despite recent issues, says a city manager. In late November 2021, site grading at the long-planned project, which includes a $60-million casino to be operated by Gateway and had been…

Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL) CEO Manny Atwal has suggested that the corporation intends to gamble on growing its online gambling presence in the province in the coming months. Atwal presented MBLL's 2020-21 fiscal report at a standing committee hearing on January 11, during which he…

The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) has announced a slate of new officers elected to its Board of Directors under the leadership of President David Lucchese, Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Digital at Everi. Among the industry executives who had one-year…

Leading gambling technology company Playtech will power Canadian media and gaming brand NorthStar Gaming's launch in the Canadian market. The agreement will see Playtech fuel NorthStar’s upcoming iGaming launch in Ontario through its IMS platform to deliver what NorthStar says in a press release…

Woodbine Entertainment has announced that the 2021 Standardbred racing season at its Woodbine Mohawk Park in Milton, Ont. produced an all-sources handle of over $324 million, the highest total taken by any Standardbred track in North America last year. That new record mark was set despite a…

PointsBet Canada has announced a multi-year deal that will see it become the NHL Alumni Association’s (NHLAA) exclusive sports betting partner in Canada, as well as its official partner in the United States. The partnership will give PointsBet Canada the marketing and licensing rights to the…

The AGEM Index ended 2021 with an improvement of 11.39 points to 971.59 in December, marking a 1.2 per cent increase on November. Compared to this time one year ago, the index increased by 284.47 points for an annual growth rate of 41.4 per cent. In November, the Index had suffered its first…

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited has announced the appointment of Queenie Wong as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2022. Wong has been with Gateway since 2011, previously serving in key finance roles such as Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance. A…

The partnership will affect Caesars' more than 50 casinos in the U.S., as well as its locations in Canada which include the prominent Ontario border location of Caesars Windsor.

The last weeks of 2021 and the first days of 2022 are proving to be somewhat of an unwelcome throwback to 2020-21 for Canadian gaming, with casinos closed in Canada's two most populous provinces.