About Canadian Gaming News

Canadian Gaming News reports on land-based gaming across the country. We cover casinos, racinos, bingo halls and charitable gaming, and the laws, regulators, businesses and communities around them, in every province and territory.

What we cover

• Laws & Regulation: criminal Code and provincial gaming acts, regulator decisions, fines and licence actions, court rulings and charitable gaming rules.
• Casino Openings & Developments: new casinos, expansions, relocations, renovations, council and zoning votes on casino projects, and closures.
• Industry & Business: ownership changes and deals, land-based revenue and visitor numbers, operator contracts, labour, executive moves and suppliers.
• First Nations Gaming: indigenous-owned casinos and gaming centres, revenue-sharing agreements, gaming jurisdiction and self-government.
• Crime, Security & Enforcement: cheating, theft, money laundering cases, illegal gaming houses, police and gaming enforcement operations, sentencing.
• Responsible Gambling: self-exclusion, on-site support, treatment funding, VLT policy and research into gambling harm at casinos, bingo halls and other venues.
• Community & Local Impact: host municipality payments, how councils spend casino money, charitable gaming and bingo, local jobs and tourism.
• Racinos & Horse Racing: racetrack casinos, horse racing funding tied to gaming, track openings and closures, and racing licences.

What we don't cover

We don't publish odds, tips or reviews, and we don't take payment to place stories. Our focus is land-based gaming venues and the public policy that shapes them.

How we work

Our stories are written by our staff in our own words. They draw on regulator decisions, court rulings, council meetings, government releases and reporting by other news outlets, and every story lists and links the sources it relies on. When we get something wrong we correct it, and we note the correction on the story.

Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Each one is credited to its photographer with a link to the original file and its licence.

Gambling support

If gambling is causing problems for you or someone close to you, free and confidential help is available in every province and territory. Our gambling help page lists the support line for each one.

Publisher

Canadian Gaming News is an independent publication based in Toronto, Ontario.

Canadian Gaming News
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
[email protected]

Get in touch

News tips, corrections and other questions go to [email protected], or use our contact page.