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Exclusive: The Ugly Truth Behind The OLG Bingo Expansion

January 03, 2013

Trot Magazine editor Darryl Kaplan offers his take on the truth behind the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's Modernization strategy and bingo expansion plan.

Two Public Casino Meetings Set

December 29, 2012

The City of Hamilton will host two public information meetings mid-January with discussions focusing on whether a casino would be welcome by residents and how to keep Flamboro Downs and the local hors...

OHRIA To Ont. Liberal Leadership Candidates: Stand Up For Horse Racing

December 27, 2012

On Thursday, December 27, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association issued a press release calling on the Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates to stand up for the provincial horse-racing in...

Racing Up Against Casino Operators?

December 23, 2012

"Maybe we're being looked upon as competition that has to be eliminated for MGM or Caesar's to come in and run the type of businesses that they run."

Liberal Leadership Candidates On Safeguarding Horse Racing

December 22, 2012

The future of the industry, and of the 55,000 full-time and part-time jobs that it provides primarily in rural Ontario, has been thrown into question by the McGuinty government's abrupt decision earli...

Update From Sue Leslie

December 21, 2012

OHRIA President Sue Leslie was interviewed on The Motts today (December 21, 2012) to give an update on the horse racing and breeding industry’s ongoing challenges with the government regarding the ind...

Hamilton Mayor A Conflict Of Interest?

December 20, 2012

According to an article, Hamilton Councillor Sam Merulla's recent comments comparing the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s gaming modernization plan to the business plan of a "crack dealer" have now ...

OHRIA Applauds Ontario NDP Support

December 19, 2012

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association expressed in a news release on Thursday afternoon that it is applauding NDP MPP Taras Natyshak for taking a strong stand on behalf of his party to express...

Natyshak: Keep Slots-At-Racetracks Program Until At Least 2014

December 18, 2012

In a multi-pronged release, Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Taras Natyshak (Essex) has called on the Ontario Liberal Government to hold off on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s gaming modernizat...

Online Gaming Bill Irks Gural

December 18, 2012

According to a report, Meadowlands Racetrack operator Jeff Gural is not pleased about a Monday, December 17 vote in the New Jersey Assembly which passed an online casino gaming bill on to the State Se...

The End Of An Era

December 15, 2012

"What kind of industry with a board of directors scraps a hugely successful program worth $1.1 billion annually, and the industry behind it, in order to bolster the arm of the business losing $100 mil...

Merulla Takes Bold Shot At The OLG

December 13, 2012

If there was ever any confusion as to where Hamilton Councillor Sam Merulla stands on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s controversial gaming modernization plan, he cleared that up --- and then so...