Don Drummond

OLG Tentative Agreements With KD, WFD

December 21, 2012

On Friday, December 21, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. announced that it has reached tentative lease agreements with the operators of Kawartha Downs and the Western Fair District for slots opera...

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...

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...

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...

McNaughton Keeps Firing Away At OLG Modernization Plan

December 13, 2012

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex Progressive Conservative MPP Monte McNaughton is not taking his foot off the gas when it comes to attacking the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s gaming modernization plan. In ...

System Fencing Feeling The Pinch

December 12, 2012

Even though the slots-at-racetracks program is still a few months from coming to an end, tons of Ontario breeders, horsepeople and related businesses have already been decimated --- just ask Dwayne an...

OHRIA Applauds Ontario PC's Gaming Industry Consultations

December 11, 2012

On Tuesday, December 11, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association announced that it supports the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party's push to incorporate the provincial horse racing and breed...

PCs: Give Racing First Crack At Buying Existing Slots Operations

December 06, 2012

On Thursday, December 6, Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party Caucus released its anticipated white paper entitled 'Paths to Prosperity - A New Deal for the Public Sector.' In the paper, the Ontar...

OMAFRA Panel Members Discuss Report

December 03, 2012

TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin conducted an interview with the three OMAFRA Panel members that penned the report to transition Ontario's Horse Racing Industry.

Hudak: Gov't Shouldn't Run Gaming

December 03, 2012

While he didn't come out with a plan for Ontario horse racing today, provincial PC Leader Tim Hudak was clear in his belief that Ontario's government should not be in the business of operating busines...

OLG Starts Pre-Qualification Process

December 01, 2012

On Friday the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) began the Request for Pre-Qualification (RFPQ) process to "pre-qualify service providers for specific day-to-day operation of gaming in Ontar...