Burnaby-based Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd. has acquired the B.C. assets of Boardwalk Gaming and Entertainment Inc., which include community gaming centres in Surrey, Mission, Squamish and "additional operational rights related to the former operations of Burnaby Bingo Country."
The purchase will provide Gateway—which also owns the Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby and Starlight Casino in New Westminster—with significant real estate assets, tax recoveries and tax assets, and will immediately add 225 slot machines to its existing operations, along with established bingo operations.