New PHRC Chair Introduced June 25, 2014 After having been sworn in as the new chairman of the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission on Monday, Jonathan Newman, who has a history in the Standardbred racing industry, presided over his first ...
PA Auditor General Issues Warning June 18, 2014 On Wednesday, June 18, Pennsylvania’s Department of the Auditor General issued a release which says that the future of the state’s billion-dollar horse racing industry is in trouble and risks a catast...
Pro-Racino Motion Coming In Sudbury May 12, 2014 It is expected that at council meeting on Tuesday, May 13, Sudbury Councillor Claude Berthiaume will introduce a Notice of Motion, which calls for local casino gaming to only be conducted at Sudbury D...
PA Racing Fund Being Audited May 01, 2014 It has been reported that Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is in the midst of an audit of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund, the fund which annually sends hundreds of millions...
OHRIA Responds To AG Report April 30, 2014 On Wednesday, April 30, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association released its response to the Auditor General’s special report on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.’s gaming modernization and t...
More Response To AG Report April 29, 2014 On Tuesday, April 29, response to the Auditor General’s special report on the OLG Modernization Plan and cancellation of the Slots-at-Racetracks program continued.
Reaction To Auditor General Report April 28, 2014 On Monday, April 28, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., the Ontario PC Party and the Ontario NDP issued responses in regard to the Auditor General’s report on the cancellation of the Slots at Racet...
Auditor General Report Released April 28, 2014 A 2012 plan to modernize the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and generate higher profits for the province was “overly ambitious” and “overly optimistic,” Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk said...
Auditor General's Report Ready April 24, 2014 Trot Insider has learned that the Auditor General's special report on the OLG's Modernization Plan will be tabled in the Legislature on Monday, April 28, 2014.
Ont. Auditor General Reps In Sarnia August 20, 2013 It has been reported that members of the Ontario Auditor General's office are in Sarnia today as part of the probe into the provincial government's decision to remove slot machines from various racewa...
McNaughton, Skelly Address Media At Flamboro May 31, 2013 Progressive Conservative MPP Monte McNaughton and PC candidate Donna Skelly addressed the media outside of Flamboro Downs on Friday (May 31). McNaughton, while speaking of the PC plan for horse racing...
Godfrey Out As OLG Chair May 16, 2013 OLG Chair Paul Godfrey announced at a Thursday night press conference that he has been fired from his post as the Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.
MacLeod, Snobelen On Ontario Racing May 15, 2013 Ontario Horse Racing Transition Panel member John Snobelen and Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod offered some interesting quotes earlier this week regarding the provincial horse racing industr...