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UPDATED: Thomson Questions Liberal Strategy, Duncan Issues Reply

After being compared to jailed investor Bernie Madoff in Thursday's (May 10) Guelph Mercury, Ontario Finance Minister and Deputy Premier Dwight Duncan issued a public reply

Caesars Windsor Laying Off Employees

"I'll tell you what's disappointing: you got Dalton McGuinty's group and Dwight Duncan suggesting that when Windsor Raceway shut down, most of these individuals (customers) would go and spend their mo...

"We Don't Want To Close"

After trying to increase exposure to the product by attracting "synergy-type businesses", Hiawatha Horse Park's owner Jim Henderson is now forced back to the drawing board after being blindsided by th...

Town Of Innisfil Backs Horse Racing Industry

The Town of Innisfil has passed a resolution asking the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. to keep slot machines at Georgian Downs. Also, it has been reported that the town has also recommended that the...

Do Liberals Understand Subsidies?

For months, the Liberal government has referred to Ontario horse racing's share of the slots-at-racetracks partnership as a "subsidy". One MPP, who is featured in the May issue of Trot Magazine, wonde...

City Offers Update On 'Woodbine Live!'

The Woodbine Entertainment Group's planned expansion for Woodbine Racetrack, Woodbine Live!, has drawn the attention of multiple mainstream media publications after an update from a Toronto City Manag...

Gural Supports Federal Regulation

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...

OLG Meets With Racing

The Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA), which represents the majority of Standardbred horsepeople in Ontario, met with Mr. Paul Godfrey, Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG)...

Value Of Ontario Horse Racing

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry is part of a highly competitive global market. The industry contributes 60,000 jobs, $1.1 billion to the provincial government and $2 billion in recurring expenditure...

Baymount Re-Evaluating Business Plans

Baymount Incorporated, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Belleville Racetrack Development Corporation (BRDC), has received a formal notice of termination of its Site Holder Agreement -- originally e...

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Windsor To Cease All Operations August 31

On Friday, May 4, officials from Windsor Raceway announced via release that they are expecting for all operations at the track to cease August 31, 2012

Bill C76 Passes Second Reading

On Thursday, May 3 in the Ontario legislature, MPP Monte McNaughton’s private members’ bill C76 passed with a vote of 57-19