Slots-At-Racetracks

COSA Responds To Drummond Report

February 17, 2012

On Friday, February 17, the Central Ontario Standardbred Association issued a press release in response to the Drummond Report's recommendations for the Ontario racing industry

What's Happening To Save Racing

February 17, 2012

In the wake of Wednesday's Drummond Report, Standardbred Canada provides the following progress report to its members on what's being done to ensure the government and public is aware of the value our...

Buses Added To Queen's Park Rally

February 17, 2012

Trot Insider has learned another bus has been booked for the Queen's Park Rally scheduled for Wednesday, February 22 organized by the Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA)

Wilson To McGuinty: Back Off

February 17, 2012

Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson is demanding that Premier Dalton McGuinty back off any plans he has to end the Slots at Racetracks Program, an initiative that bolstered Ontario's horse racing industry and ...

New York Trumpeting Racino Revenue

February 17, 2012

In stark contrast to what is currently going on in the province of Ontario, the state of New York, Ontario's direct neighbour, is figuratively going to the highest points it can find to trumpet the fa...

No Minced Words Over Drummond REC

February 17, 2012

The Toronto Sun has not wasted any time letting its feelings be known in regard to the Drummond Report's increasingly controversial recommendations for the Ontario slots-at-racetracks program. Its hea...

MacDonald Speaks Out For Ontario

February 17, 2012

“It almost enraged me to hear that speech from Dwight Duncan. It made it sound like we were dragging $345 million right out of the taxpayers' pocket. It’s as close to a lie as you can get."

McNaughton Will Fight For Racing

February 16, 2012

Further to the comments published in Thursday's London Free Press, MPP Monte McNaughton has issued the following letter to the racing industry in light of Wednesday's Drummond Report

Do Something To Save Racing. Now.

February 16, 2012

If you are ever going to get on your feet for a horse race, you’d better do it now.

"It's A Contract, Not A Grant"

February 16, 2012

"This is something that is really mind-boggling to me, because to get the slots at the tracks they (the province) had to get the horsemen to agree with it because we were first in the gaming business....

Drummond's Recommendations For Racing

February 16, 2012

On Wednesday, February 15, the much-anticipated report commissioned by the Ontario government seeking recommendations to reduce its $16 billion deficit was released with the horse racing industry bein...

MPPs Irate Over Cuts To Racing

February 16, 2012

The proposed cuts to horse racing in Ontario have ignited a harsh backlash from not just the racing industry, but from members of provincial parliament as well