Slots At Racetracks

At the recent National Farmers Union Region 3 (Ontario) Convention, NFU members passed a resolution in support of the revenue sharing agreement between the horse racing industry and the Province of On...

The Ontario horse racing industry is contributing $4.5 billion or 77 per cent of the total annual economic contributions from racing in Canada, according to a new study released today by Equine Canada...

Innisfil Mayor Barb Baguley has gone on the record as saying that she has been ensured by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. that the slots parlour at Georgian Downs will not be closed

According to a report, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has said that it will be up to the residents of municipalities to decide whether expanded casino gaming is to be introduced within their jurisdic...

In response to the social and economic uppercut that the Ontario Liberal Government is trying to throw at the Town of Fort Erie by closing the Fort Erie Racetrack slots parlour, regional councillors a...

"The Slots at Racetrack Program didn't cause Ontario's deficit. Far from it. In fact, Slots at Racetracks are the most successful form of gaming in Ontario, which is why it is so important for all Ont...

"As recent polls show, not everyone wants slot machines or casinos in their backyard. The point of putting slots into racetracks was that they were in areas already zoned for gambling, away from schoo...

Last week, Ontario Harness Horse Association board members and OHHA's general manager met with representatives of the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada...

On Saturday, Ontario's NDP leader Andrea Horwath assigned the the new modern gaming strategy unveiled by the OLG and the Liberal government a failing grade, calling it the "beginning of a downward spi...

With the OLG’s announcement to eliminate its strategic partnership with the horse-racing industry, MPP Jeff Yurek (Elgin--Middlesex--London) has just one question: how is eliminating the OLG’s most fr...

After serving as Fort Erie's MPP at Queen's Park when the slots-at-racetracks program was introduced, Ontario's Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak said Friday he will rally the caucus to urge t...