OLG Releases Remaining Gaming RFPQs December 12, 2013 On Thursday, December 12, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation launched the remaining Requests for Pre-Qualification (RFPQs) for gaming.
2013 Symposium Concludes December 12, 2013 The 2013 Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming concluded with an interesting and important panel on current legal and policy issues in racing and gaming.
Wynne Responds To Citizen Story December 01, 2013 Premier Kathleen Wynne has issued a letter to the Ottawa Citizen in response to the newspaper's feature on Eastern Ontario's harness racing participants.
New Funding Programs Announced November 30, 2013 To prepare for the implementation of the new five-year Horse Racing Partnership Plan to help Ontario’s horse racing industry, the government of Ontario is making available new funding that will assist...
GCGC, OLG Sign ‘Definitive Agreements’ November 29, 2013 On Friday, November 29, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation announced that it has signed definitive lease agreements with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation for the continuation of slot operatio...
Audit Document Request Denied November 21, 2013 A freedom of information request, recently filed by the Toronto Star to uncover audits received by the government pertaining to Ontario's horse racing industry, has been denied by the Ministry of Fina...
Motion To Reinstate SARP Carried November 20, 2013 The Ontario New Democratic Party's motion calling for the reinstatement of the Slots-At-Racetracks Program was carried in a 45-38 vote by the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park on Wednesday, November...
Ont. PCs Want Support For Their Plan November 20, 2013 On Wednesday, November 20 in the Ontario Legislature, Randy Pettapiece, the Ontario PC Critic for Rural Affairs and Horse Racing, called on Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Ontario New Democratic Party ...
Horwath To Table Non-Binding Motion November 20, 2013 The Ontario New Democratic Party has announced that it will table an Opposition Day motion at Queen’s Park today (Wednesday, November 20) calling for the reinstatement of the Slots at Racetracks Progr...
Pettapiece Targets NDP On Horse Racing November 19, 2013 On Tuesday, November 19, the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party issued a press release stating that the Ontario New Democratic Party has no credibility due to the fact that the Ontario NDP support...
Breeders On Confidence In Ont. Industry November 19, 2013 On the heels of this past weekend’s Forest City Yearling Sale, Ontario-based standardbred breeders Ann Straatman and Tammy McNiven have commented in regard to confidence in the provincial horse racing...
Pettapiece Meets McIntosh Bros. November 15, 2013 Randy Pettapiece, the Perth-Wellington MPP that serves as the PC critic for rural affairs and horse racing, was in LaSalle, Ont. on Thursday to discuss the state of the harness racing industry with tw...
