Ontario

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.

ESPN Discusses Ontario Racing Crisis

December 28, 2012

As the clock ticks down to April 1, 2013, ongoing talk of the end of the slots-at-racetracks program and the massive impact it will have on the Ontario horse racing industry has become so commonplace ...

Mitchell: Racing Has To Adjust Its Business Model

December 19, 2012

In a report discussing the future of the Ontario horse-racing industry, Western Fair District chief executive Hugh Mitchell has gone on the record as reiterating that he believes it is best for the pr...

Strong Push To Save Fort Erie

December 18, 2012

It has been reported that officials with the Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium are in discussion with "about" three potential investors that are considering operating the thoroughbred track if racing i...

Justice Hall Opportunity Opens Up

December 12, 2012

Trot Insider has learned that Justice Hall, sire of 2012 Breeders Crown Three-Year-Old Colt Trot winner Intimidate, is on the move, and is currently offering breeders a timely opportunity.

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...

Shanghai Phil To Kendal Hills In 2013

December 11, 2012

Shanghai Phil (Blissfull Hall – Matter Of Style – Matts Scooter) is already a proven stallion in Ontario after an exceptional performance in 2012 by his only OSS-eligible crop of just 39 foals. He has...

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...

"You Can't Not Sign It"

November 28, 2012

On Monday, November 26, after Chatham-Kent Council agreed to a new revenue-sharing agreement with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., Councillor Doug Sulman offered a quote which sums up the feeling...

Media Presses Hudak For His Position On Revenue Sharing

November 26, 2012

During a recent interview, Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has stated that he is for racetrack gaming expansion instead of new casinos, and that he supports a revenue sharing arrange...

Six Per Cent More For Racing?

November 22, 2012

Leading up to what track operators have alluded to as being the final evening of live harness racing at Sudbury Downs, local Councillor Claude Berthiaume has stepped up his call for some sanity in the...

Mills Wants Liberals To Corral Godfrey

November 19, 2012

"The men and women who are elected in this community should be giving direction to the unelected people who they've put in jobs to follow their public-policy direction. And, it seems to me that Paul (...