More than 1,200 members of Canada’s gaming industry are gathered in Montreal from April 29 to May 1 in Canadian Gaming Summit, a three-day event consisting of over 40 workshops and seminars, more than 100 exhibitors of gaming products and services, and a charity awards gala. "This is a unique opportunity to come together and discuss the opportunities and challenges shaping our industry today," said Bill Rutsey...

At last year's online gambling convention, there was a three-storey bar staffed by augmented blondes in miniskirts and orbited by casino execs toasting their future riches. In its place this year is a booth with pamphlets on gambling addiction. The annual Global Interactive Gaming Summit & Expo in Montreal is a whisper of its past incarnations, thanks to recent u.s. regulations banning gaming.