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The Elmwood Casino, once known as the "Showspot of Canada," [1] was a nightclub situated on Dougall Avenue in Windsor, Ontario. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was located not far from Detroit , just across the Detroit River .
Caesars Windsor (formerly known as Casino Windsor) is a casino hotel located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is one of four casino resort hotels in the Detroit–Windsor area and was opened in May 1994 as a temporary casino on the waterfront of the Detroit River. The current, permanent resort opened on July 29, 1998.
This is an incomplete list of casinos in Canada as of around 2011: [1 ... Club Regent Casino: Winnipeg: MB: ... Caesars Windsor: Windsor: ON: 1998: Casino Niagara ...
Caesars partnered with Circus Circus Enterprises and Hilton in a 1993 bid to build and operate a government-owned casino in Windsor, Ontario. [47] They won the bid, and opened an interim casino in 1994 and a riverboat casino in 1995, both of which were closed shortly before the permanent Casino Windsor opened in 1998. [48] Caesars Palace in 2006
In a time when casino gambling was only legal in Nevada and Atlantic City, casino ownership was much more fragmented than today and mass marketing was unheard of for casinos, the Player's Club concept proved popular. The company also arranged gaming tournaments for casinos and arranged travel for competing players.
Joe Siddall (born 1967), former MLB baseball player; Al Siegel owner of Elmwood Casino and Windsor Raceway; Bob Simpson (1930–2007), former CFL player; Thomas Joseph Simpson (1921–2017), one of the 114 Canadians to receive the Distinguished Service Medal for World War II service. Jimmy Skinner (1917–2007), former NHL coach and executive
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), known as the Ontario Jockey Club from 1881 to 2001, is the operator of two horse racing tracks, a casino and off-track betting stations in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.
Playtime Casino Wasaga in Wasaga Beach, Ontario closed during the 2023 cyberattack, with repair crews on site. On April 16, 2023, the company was the victim of a cyberattack, which resulted in the closure of its casinos and most of their associated restaurants and other facilities in Ontario. [9]