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...
Ottawa/OLG Agree To New Deal November 14, 2012 It has been reported that Ottawa City Council has agreed on a new revenue-sharing deal between itself and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. The deal has to do with the split of revenue from slot ma...
Innisfil Mayor Fully Backing Georgian November 07, 2012 "I'm confident Georgian Downs is one of the best located sites (for a casino) anywhere other than a metropolitan Toronto area. It's not in a residential zone, it's an easy access (site) that doesn't i...
Collingwood Votes Against Slots Expansion November 06, 2012 Collingwood Town Council has voted 5-4 against a motion which could have led to the introduction of 300 slot machines to the Georgian Manor Resort. The vote occurred on Monday, November 5, and the res...
Public Consultations For Toronto Casino Approved November 06, 2012 After hearing from the both Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. and the Woodbine Entertainment Group regarding casino expansion in the Greater Toronto Area on Monday, November 5, the City of Toronto's Ex...
Report: OLG Reaches Host Municipality Agreement October 16, 2012 It has been reported that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has reached an agreement with municipalities which play host to facilities which feature slot-machine gaming.
As It Touts Employment, OLG Lays Off Woodbine Employees October 03, 2012 While representatives from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. are travelling across the province touting its urban casino expansion plan as a job creator to anyone that will listen, it is also in th...
Whitby Turns Down Ajax's Offer September 13, 2012 It has been reported that on September 10, members of the Whitby Council voted 6-2 in favour of spurning Ajax's recent slots revenue-sharing proposition in order to declare itself a willing host munic...
Civil Racing/Government Relationship Helping BC Racing August 03, 2012 As the Ontario standardbred racing industry currently faces an uphill climb for survival, the situation is dripping with irony when you consider what is now occurring in British Columbia. Canada's wes...
Scioto's VLTs Overachieve July 09, 2012 An official with the Ohio Lottery Commission has gone on the record as saying that video lottery terminals in the expanded gaming area at Scioto Downs took in more revenue than expected during its fir...
Gural Supports Federal Regulation May 07, 2012 Racetrack owner-operator Jeff Gural has again voiced his support for the idea of utilizing revenue derived from slot machines for drug testing, but he has now also stated that he is in support for fed...
Racino Table Games Bolster PA Revenue April 18, 2012 On the heels of a record amount of monthly revenue for slot machines during March of this year, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has announced that revenue for table games that same month was als...