Convicted thief charged in casino heist - 2004-01-12
A man completing a 32 year sentence in a Montreal prison has been charged in connection with the 1999 robbery of an armoured truck guard outside the Palace Casino at West Edmonton Mall.

Claude Arthur Matte, 43, will likely face the new charges in Quebec, said Edmonton police spokesperson Annette Bidniak.

The brazen robbery took place on the morning of May 5, 1999, after a Loomis courier guard picked up more than $100,000 in cash from the casino.
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DOWNTOWN GAMING: Closure sends dark message - 2004-01-12
Downtown took a big hit when Binion's Horseshoe was ordered to close its doors Friday, casino industry experts said.

A dark casino amid the neon on Fremont Street sends a bad message on the vitality of the downtown casino district, and Binion's closure is even worse because the 52-year-old casino is one of the city's leading icons, experts said Sunday.

An approximate 900 empoloyees lost their jobs when the Horseshoe was unable to maintain a bankroll after U.S. marshals seized all of the available cash in the casino's cages Friday night, executing a federal judge's order allowing the Culinary parent union's health care and pension trust funds to seize as much as $2 million.
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