Will Liberals Listen To The People? March 04, 2013 According to Premier Kathleen Wynne, all municipalities will have a say in casino expansion and those that don't want one won't be forced to host one. Does that mean the Ontario Lottery & Gaming C...
CTV Goes Off To The Races March 02, 2013 With the end of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s Slots-At-Racetracks program looming March 31, Kitchener's CTV News has taken an in-depth look at the state of Ontario's horse racing industry in ...
OHRIA To Get Aggressive? March 01, 2013 In a release issued on Friday, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association announced that its board of directors approved an aggressive campaign in the event that negotiations with the government fa...
Are Casinos "Fickle Businesses"? March 01, 2013 As the Ontario government looks to expand gaming through the modernization strategy of the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp., doubts continue to be cast on just how financially lucrative this strateg...
NDP To Re-Introduce Anti-Modernization Motion February 28, 2013 Ontario's opposition parties have been quite vocal in giving verbal support for the province's beleaguered horse-racing industry. Front and centre in the year-long crisis have been PC MPP Monte McNaug...
An Open Letter To Premier Wynne February 28, 2013 "Premier Wynne, your transition panel is designing a model for the horse racing industry that is unsustainable and will result in an industry that is represented by three to five racetracks attached t...
Are City Councils In Sync With Constituencies In Regard To Gaming Locations? February 27, 2013 Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne stood in the Legislature earlier this week and firmly said that municipalities would decide whether or not they would want to be part of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming C...
No GCGC/OLG Agreement, Yet More Slots February 27, 2013 Great Canadian Gaming Corp. has yet to reach a tentative lease agreement with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. to house the province’s slot machines at Flamboro Downs and Georgian Downs, but it ha...
Snobelen On Overnight Purses February 27, 2013 In issuing a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne on Tuesday asking her to reinstate the slots-at-racetracks program, Hall of Famer Robert Burgess revealed that Ontario's overnight purse structure outside...
NDP, PC Want Ontarians To Be Heard February 26, 2013 On Tuesday, February 26 during question period in the Ontario Legislature, Essex MPP Taras Natyshak (New Democratic Party) called on Premier Kathleen Wynne to halt the privatization of the Ontario Lot...
OLG, Ajax Downs Reach Tentative Deal February 26, 2013 The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has announced that it has reached a lease agreement in principle with the operators of Ajax Downs.
Burgess: Reinstate SARP February 26, 2013 Robert Burgess has renewed his call for the slots-at-racetracks program to be left in effect beyond its scheduled March 31, 2013 termination date.