Are Casinos "Fickle Businesses"? March 01, 2013 As the Ontario government looks to expand gaming through the modernization strategy of the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp., doubts continue to be cast on just how financially lucrative this strateg...
NDP To Re-Introduce Anti-Modernization Motion February 28, 2013 Ontario's opposition parties have been quite vocal in giving verbal support for the province's beleaguered horse-racing industry. Front and centre in the year-long crisis have been PC MPP Monte McNaug...
An Open Letter To Premier Wynne February 28, 2013 "Premier Wynne, your transition panel is designing a model for the horse racing industry that is unsustainable and will result in an industry that is represented by three to five racetracks attached t...
Are City Councils In Sync With Constituencies In Regard To Gaming Locations? February 27, 2013 Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne stood in the Legislature earlier this week and firmly said that municipalities would decide whether or not they would want to be part of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming C...
No GCGC/OLG Agreement, Yet More Slots February 27, 2013 Great Canadian Gaming Corp. has yet to reach a tentative lease agreement with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. to house the province’s slot machines at Flamboro Downs and Georgian Downs, but it ha...
Snobelen On Overnight Purses February 27, 2013 In issuing a letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne on Tuesday asking her to reinstate the slots-at-racetracks program, Hall of Famer Robert Burgess revealed that Ontario's overnight purse structure outside...
NDP, PC Want Ontarians To Be Heard February 26, 2013 On Tuesday, February 26 during question period in the Ontario Legislature, Essex MPP Taras Natyshak (New Democratic Party) called on Premier Kathleen Wynne to halt the privatization of the Ontario Lot...
OLG, Ajax Downs Reach Tentative Deal February 26, 2013 The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. has announced that it has reached a lease agreement in principle with the operators of Ajax Downs.
Burgess: Reinstate SARP February 26, 2013 Robert Burgess has renewed his call for the slots-at-racetracks program to be left in effect beyond its scheduled March 31, 2013 termination date.
Ontario's Big Gamble February 25, 2013 Sun News Network has examined the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp.'s controversial gaming plan in a special three-part series, and what could be the most contentious strategy item is still yet to hi...
WFD To Announce Gaming Partner? February 25, 2013 "We are very close to one. Not one that we can publicize yet, there's still some work to be done, but we're very close."
Slots For Innisfil, Not For Georgian? February 23, 2013 According to Innisfil Mayor Barb Baguley, there will still be slot machines running in Innisfil after March 31. Whether they will be housed at Georgian Downs is less clear.