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The Hamilton Spectator

Online gambling sites being used by money launderers: financial intelligence agency

OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency warns that illicit cash is being laundered through online gambling sites that provide a variety of ways to disguise shady funds. In a newly published bulletin, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada highlights the criminal exploitation of legitimate and unlicensed digital…
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Online gambling sites being used by money launderers: financial intelligence agency
Global News

Athletes to be banned from ads for online gambling in Ontario

Ontario is banning the use of athletes in ads for online gambling, with the provincial regulator saying the move will "help safeguard children and youth." The Alcohol and Gaming and Commission of Ontario (ACGO) said Tuesday that the changes will come into effect on Feb. 28, 2024. Athletes will be prohibited from ads and marketing for…
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Athletes to be banned from ads for online gambling in Ontario
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Montreal Gazette

Women's gambling habits must be studied, Concordia University researcher says

More women are trying online gambling or gambling for the first time, a phenomenon that will need to be thoroughly researched in the coming years, researcher Sylvia Kairouz says. Don't have an account? Create Account A 2021 study of 4500 Quebecers found that a greater proportion of women reported starting to gamble online or that they migrated to…
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Women's gambling habits must be studied, Concordia University researcher says
CTV News Montreal

Montreal study found more women are gambling online

More and more women are experimenting with online gambling for the first time, a phenomenon that will require further research in the coming years, says researcher Sylvia Kairouz. A 2021 study of 4500 Quebecers found that a higher proportion of women reported starting or migrating to online gambling during the pandemic, although more men than women…
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Montreal study found more women are gambling online
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No winner for $70M Lotto Max jackpot, but ticket in Kelowna worth $500K

No one won this week's massive $70 million Lotto Max jackpot, but one Okanagan resident is six figures richer. The winning numbers for Friday's draw were 7, 23, 28, 31, 32, 39 and 40. The bonus was 2. While no one matched those numbers, there were also 57 draws worth $1 million each. And of those 57 Maxmillion prizes, there were 16 winning numbers…
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Global News

Here’s what will change when Ontario’s new internet gambling market opens April 4

Come early next month, legal single-sports betting and online gambling will significantly expand in Ontario. Single-sports betting has been legal since last year in Canada, but so far in Ontario it has been limited to the provincially run PROLINE+. On April 4, however, that will change as Ontario launches an internet gambling market, named…
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CTV News Montreal

Strike continues for Montreal Casino dealers, poker rooms closed

Croupiers at the Montreal Casino have been on strike for a week, and their union says the employer "has lost in profit the equivalent of what the croupiers are demanding at the bargaining table." Represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the 521 unionized dealers at the Montreal Casino have been without a collective agreement…
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Strike continues for Montreal Casino dealers, poker rooms closed
CTV News Montreal

Casino dealers in Montreal strike, demanding better wages, working conditions

Montreal Casino dealers are continuing their unlimited general strike that began Saturday morning. They will demonstrate Sunday afternoon in Montreal. The demonstration is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. at the Jean-Drapeau metro station and go to the Montreal Casino. Believing they were at an impasse in negotiations for the renewal of their…
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Casino dealers in Montreal strike, demanding better wages, working conditions
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Croupiers at Montreal Casino launch unlimited strike as negotiations hit impasse

Croupiers protest outside the Casino in Montreal, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Dealers, also known as croupiers, at the Montreal Casino have launched an unlimited general strike as of Saturday morning. MONTREAL - Croupiers at the Montreal Casino launched an unlimited general strike on Saturday as negotiations over a new collective agreement have…
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Croupiers at Montreal Casino launch unlimited strike as negotiations hit impasse
Toronto News

Ontario online gambling market officially launches

It didn't take long for a wager to be placed in Ontario's fledgling sports-betting industry. Single-game sports betting has been legal in Canada since last summer but the industry didn't fully open in Ontario until 12:01 a.m. on Monday. PointsBet announced just 50 seconds into the launch its "first big wager" in the province was a $500 two-leg…
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Ontario online gambling market officially launches
Moose Jaw Today

Operators prepare for Ontario's online gambling market to open on Monday

TORONTO - Operators have high hopes for the launch of iGaming Ontario, as Canada's largest province becomes the first jurisdiction to take bets in a legal private online gambling market. TORONTO - Operators have high hopes for the launch of iGaming Ontario, as Canada's largest province becomes the first jurisdiction to take bets in a legal private…
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Operators prepare for Ontario's online gambling market to open on Monday
Toronto News

Ontario's online gambling market to open Monday

Operators have high hopes for the launch of iGaming Ontario, as Canada's largest province becomes the first jurisdiction to take bets in a legal private online gambling market. Starting Monday, people in Ontario can wager on casino games, sporting events and other gambling activities through online websites and smartphone apps from operators…
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No winning ticket for Saturday's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Mar 23 will be an estimated $6 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password.…
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The Lethridge Herald

No winning ticket for Saturday's $8 million Lotto 649 jackpot

By The Canadian Press on January 22, 2022. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $8 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 26 will be an estimated $11 million.
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Medicine Hat News

No winning ticket for Saturday's $32 million Lotto 649 jackpot

By The Canadian Press on January 8, 2022. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $32 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 12 will be an estimated $36 million.
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MyMcMurray

No winning ticket for Saturday's $25 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $25 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a lottery player in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Jan. 5 will be an estimated $28 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new…
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The Lethridge Herald

No winning ticket for Saturday's $18 million Lotto 649 jackpot

By The Canadian Press on December 25, 2021. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $18 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 jackpot. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a lottery player in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec. 29 will be an estimated $21 million.
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Medicine Hat News

No winning ticket for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

By The Canadian Press on December 12, 2021. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec. 15 will be an estimated $8 million.
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Medicine Hat News

No winning ticket for Friday's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot

By The Canadian Press on December 11, 2021. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw. There were also six Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and three of them were won by ticket holders in British Columbia, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. One of those prizes will be shared by two…
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Medicine Hat News

No winning ticket for Tuesday's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot

By The Canadian Press on December 7, 2021. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for Tuesday's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot. But one of the draw's four $1 million Maxmillion prizes went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The grand prize for the next draw on Dec. 10 will grow to an estimated $60 million, with six Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each.
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Ontario's new gambling structure an ‘inherent conflict-of-interest’: Auditor

Bonnie Lysyk, Ontario's auditor general, pictured in the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Dec. 7, 2020. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press) By tying the province's new revenue-generating online betting agency to its regulator, the Progressive Conservative government has created an "inherent conflict of interest," the province's auditor general said in…
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CTV News Montreal

Loto-Quebec says it lacks tools from authorities to confront illegal online gambling

MONTREAL -- Loto-Québec says it lacks the tools it needs to compete with illegal online gambling sites, asking police forces and federal lawmakers to do more to stop these companies. The new president and CEO of Loto-Québec, Jean-François Bergeron, made the comments while speaking to an audience of business people on Wednesday at the Board of Trade…
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Loto-Quebec says it lacks tools from authorities to confront illegal online gambling
The Lethridge Herald

No winning ticket for Saturday's $13.8 million Lotto 649 jackpot

By The Canadian Press on November 7, 2021. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $13.8 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Nov. 10 will be an estimated $17 million. <5 Inline FeedbacksView all comments&hellip;
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Kitchener News

No winning ticket for Saturday's $7.4 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $7.4 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 20 will be an estimated $10 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your&hellip;
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Kitchener News

No winning ticket for Tuesday's $40 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $40 million jackpot in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Oct. 15 will grow to an estimated $50 million, with two Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been&hellip;
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Kitchener News

No winning ticket for Friday's $65 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $65 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto max draw. There were also eight Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, but none of them were won. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max Draw on Sept. 28 will grow to an estimated $70 million And there will also be 13 Maxmillions to play for. The Canadian&hellip;
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The Lethridge Herald

No winning ticket for Saturday's $17.8 million Lotto 649 jackpot

By The Canadian Press on September 18, 2021. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $17.8 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw. However, the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept. 22 will be an estimated $21 million.
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The Lethridge Herald

No winning ticket for Friday's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot

By The Canadian Press on September 17, 2021. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. There were also four Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and one of them was won by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Sept. 21 will grow to an estimated&hellip;
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MyMcMurray

Prairie ticket holder wins Friday's $34 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - A ticket holder from the Prairies won Friday's $34 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Aug. 10 will be an estimated $10 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed. {* #forgotPasswordForm *}{*&hellip;
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Kitchener News

No winning ticket sold for Tuesday's $26 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $26 million jackpot in Tuesday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on August 6 will be at an estimated $34 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed. {* #forgotPasswordForm *}{*&hellip;
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City News Vancouver

Great Canadian Gaming to reopen 11 casinos Friday as Ontario moves to Stage 3

TORONTO - Great Canadian Gaming Corp. says 11 of its Ontario casinos will reopen Friday following the provincial government's decision to move to Stage 3 of its reopening plan. The facilities to reopen are Casino Woodbine. Great Blue Heron Casino, Casino Ajax, Elements Casino Mohawk, Elements Casino Flamboro, Elements Casino Brantford, Elements&hellip;
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Great Canadian Gaming to reopen 11 casinos Friday as Ontario moves to Stage 3
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Ontario ticket holder wins Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - The $6 million jackpot in Saturday's Lotto 649 draw was won by a ticket holder in Ontario. And the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on July 28 will be an estimated $5 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password.&hellip;
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City News Vancouver

One winning ticket sold in Tuesday's $43 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - A ticket holder in Ontario is $43 million richer, taking Tuesday's Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next draw on July 23 will be at an estimated $10 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed. {* #forgotPasswordForm *}{*&hellip;
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One winning ticket sold in Tuesday's $43 million Lotto Max jackpot
Kitchener News

No winning ticket for Friday's $36 million Lotto max jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $36 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on July 20 will be an estimated $43 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed. {* #forgotPasswordForm *}{*&hellip;
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City News Toronto

Fallsview and Casino Niagara set to reopen July 23- 680 NEWS

The Niagara Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, April 30, 2006. THE CANADIAN PRESS/J.P. Moczulski The two casinos in Niagara Falls, Ontario have announced plans to reopen as Ontario heads into Step 3. Both Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino say they will open for business starting Friday, July 23 at 10 a.m. Fallsview Casino will open 24-hours a day&hellip;
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No winning ticket for Tuesday's $27 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - There was no winning ticket sold for Tuesday's $27 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next draw on July 16 will be at an estimated $36 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed. {* #forgotPasswordForm *}{*&hellip;
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City News

Ontario ticket holder wins Tuesday's $65 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - A lucky ticket holder in Ontario is $65 million richer, with one winning ticket sold in Tuesday's Lotto Max jackpot. Five of the 14 available Maxmillion prizes of $1 million were also claimed by three tickets sold in British Columbia, one in the Prairie provinces and one in Ontario. The jackpot for the next draw on July 9 will be at an&hellip;
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Kitchener News

Prairie ticket holder wins Saturday's $18.6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - A ticket holder in the Prairies won Saturday's $18.6 million Lotto 649 jackpot. And the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on July 14 will be an estimated $5 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your&hellip;
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City News

No winning ticket for Friday's $21 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - No winning was sold for Friday's $21 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next draw on July 13 will be an estimated $27 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed. {* #forgotPasswordForm *}{* traditionalSignIn_emailAddress *} {*&hellip;
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City News Vancouver

2 winning tickets for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - Two winning tickets were sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. One was purchased in British Columbia and the other in Newfoundland and Labrador. Each is worth $3 million. The draw's guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on June 23 will be an&hellip;
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2 winning tickets for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot
City News

Ontario ticket holder wins Saturday's $9.4 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - A lucky lottery player somewhere in Ontario is holding the winning ticket for Saturday's $9.4 million jackpot. The winning ticket for the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize was also sold in Ontario - as was the ticket for the $250000 runner up prize. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on June 16 will be an estimated $5 million. - The&hellip;
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Medicine Hat News

No winning ticket for Tuesday's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot

By The Canadian Press on May 25, 2021. TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Tuesday night's Lotto Max draw. The six Maxmillions prizes of $1 million also went unclaimed. The jackpot for the next draw on May 28 will grow to an estimated $65 million, with 10 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs.
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Kitchener News

2 Ontario tickets split $9 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - Two ticket holders in Ontario will share the nearly $9 million dollar jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. Each winning ticket is worth just over $4.43 million. Meanwhile, a lottery player from the Prairies won the draw's guaranteed $1 million prize. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on May 26 will be an estimated $5&hellip;
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City News Calgary

No winning ticket for Saturday's $23 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $23 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on May 12 will be an estimated $27 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password.&hellip;
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City News Vancouver

No winning ticket for Friday's $30.8 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $30.8 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Feb. 9 will grow to approximately $40 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed. {* #forgotPasswordForm *}{*&hellip;
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Cowichan Valley Citizen

B.C. Lottery Corp. CEO ‘blown away’ by police report of organized crime at casinos

The president of the British Columbia Lottery Corp. says the first time he officially heard organized crime groups were laundering money at provincial casinos was six years ago during a meeting with the RCMP. Up until the 2015 police briefing, there had long been concerns about suspicious cash circulating at casinos but the RCMP report confirmed&hellip;
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B.C. Lottery Corp. CEO ‘blown away’ by police report of organized crime at casinos
City News

No winning ticket for Saturday's $6.4 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $6.4 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a ticket holder in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec. 30 will be approximately $9 million. The Canadian Press We've sent an email with instructions to create a new&hellip;
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