Falls gets latest OLG installment

From Niagara This Week: Coffers have swelled by more than $21 million since the city signed on to a new casino hosting agreement with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming. The city received its a fourth-quarter (January to March) non-tax gaming revenue payment — $4,452,570 — to bring the total to $21.2 million for hosting Casino…

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City receives nearly $5 million from OLG

From Niagara This Week: Nearly $5 million more was added to city coffers as The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) issued its third-quarter payment for hosting two casinos. In total, the OLG paid the city $4,780,702 for hosting Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort.

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Comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short coming to Fallsview Casino

From a PR Newswire press release seen on KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minnesota: There is funny, and then there is fall-off-your-seat hilarious. The illustrious careers of comedy giants Steve Martin and Martin Short unite on stage at Fallsview Casino for two nights as part of Fallsview Casino’s April live entertainment. “It’s a huge opportunity to bring…

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Niagara Falls’ Falls Avenue Resort heats up winter

From the Toronto Sun: When it’s cold and snowy outside, the action heats up along the Falls Avenue Resort area in this city’s tourist district. The 8-hectare resort includes hotels — Sheraton on the Falls, Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls-Fallsview, Skyline Inn and Clifton Victoria Inn at the Falls — with great views, an indoor waterpark…

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Casinos named top employer for fourth straight year

From Niagara This Week: For the fourth year in a row, Niagara Casinos has been named one of Hamilton-Niagara’s Top Employers by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. Now in its eighth year, Hamilton-Niagara’s Top Employers is an annual competition in which employers in the same field are compared and evaluated using eight criteria….

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Big OLG payout for Niagara Falls

From Niagara This Week: The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has issued its first-quarter non-tax gaming revenue payment of $6,433,923 to the City of Niagara Falls for hosting Casino Niagara and Fallsview Casino Resort. “It’s about time,” said Mayor Jim Diodati. “We’ve been fighting for this for a long, long time. There were racinos…

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