Gaming

New Mayor Wants Slots Returned

November 10, 2014

Incoming Fort Erie Mayor Wayne Redekop has let it be known that he thinks the Province of Ontario should be doing more to keep the Fort Erie Race Track viable and that slot-machine gaming should be re...

New Wagering Formats At Pompano

November 10, 2014

Officials with Pompano Park have announced that the track will be introducing some new wagering formats beginning with this evening’s (Monday, November 10) program of live racing.

State Of NJ Racing Industry Paper

November 07, 2014

The Rutgers Equine Science Center has released the paper ‘2014 State of the New Jersey Horse Racing Industry’, which is a follow-up to the 2009 white paper that reported the impact of slot machines an...

Great Canadian’s Third-Quarter Earnings

November 06, 2014

On Wednesday, November 5, racetrack operator Great Canadian Gaming Corp. announced its results for the third quarter of 2014. The company also announced that two members of its management are planning...

Sigh Of Relief At Plainridge

November 05, 2014

Officials with Penn National Gaming and Plainridge Racecourse are breathing a sigh of relief today, as Ballot Question 3, which called for a repeal of the state’s 2011 casino law, was defeated on Tues...

Soft Launch Coming For PlayOLG.ca

November 04, 2014

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has announced that eligible members of OLG’s Winner’s Circle Rewards program will be invited to participate in a short-term, soft launch of the OLG’s new int...

Monticello, Horsemen Strike Deal

November 04, 2014

On Tuesday, November 4, Empire Resorts, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Monticello Raceway Management Inc., and the Monticello Harness Horsemen’s Association have entered into an agre...

Delay To Help Integrate Racing

October 31, 2014

The OLG has announced via release that the previous deadline for the RFPQ was November 6, 2014, but that applicants now have until April 30, 2015 to provide the provincial lottery corporation with RFP...

Kingston Casino Plans Abandoned

October 29, 2014

On Tuesday, October 28 in the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park, Finance Minister Charles Sousa said that the provincial government will abandon its plans to relocate the Thousand Island Casino from...

Churchill Downs To Manage Saratoga

October 28, 2014

Saratoga Harness Racing, Inc. (SHRI) and Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) (Nasdaq:CHDN) have signed a definitive purchase agreement wherein CDI will purchase a 25 per cent membership interest in Sar...

Temporary Restraining Order In NJ

October 27, 2014

On Friday, October 24, a federal judge in the United States issued a temporary restraining order in favour of major sporting associations in relation to the legalization of sports wagering in the stat...

Hastings Agreement Extended

October 27, 2014

It has been announced that the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has reached an agreement for a two-year extension to the operating agreement for its Hastings Racecourse property in Vancouver, British...