Transition Panel

Exclusive: The Ugly Truth Behind The OLG Bingo Expansion

January 03, 2013

Trot Magazine editor Darryl Kaplan offers his take on the truth behind the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation's Modernization strategy and bingo expansion plan.

OHRIA To Liberal Candidates: Commit To Ontario Horse Racing

January 03, 2013

On Thursday, January 3, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association sent out a press release indicating that it has sent a letter to each of the Ontario Liberal Leadership candidates asking them to ...

Ont. Liberal Leadership Candidates Comment On Horse Racing

January 03, 2013

As the calendar creeps closer to the Ontario Liberal Party's 2013 Leadership Convention (January 25 - 27), several of the candidates looking to replace outgoing Premier Dalton McGuinty have gone on th...

Standardbred Purse Decrease At WEG

January 03, 2013

On Thursday, January 3, the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) and the Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) issued a joint press release announcing that there will be a reduction in purses

Two Public Casino Meetings Set

December 29, 2012

The City of Hamilton will host two public information meetings mid-January with discussions focusing on whether a casino would be welcome by residents and how to keep Flamboro Downs and the local hors...

Western Fair Announces Purse Decrease

December 28, 2012

The Raceway at Western Fair District has announced that a purse decrease will come into effect in January of 2013.

ESPN Discusses Ontario Racing Crisis

December 28, 2012

As the clock ticks down to April 1, 2013, ongoing talk of the end of the slots-at-racetracks program and the massive impact it will have on the Ontario horse racing industry has become so commonplace ...

OHRIA To Ont. Liberal Leadership Candidates: Stand Up For Horse Racing

December 27, 2012

On Thursday, December 27, the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association issued a press release calling on the Ontario Liberal Party leadership candidates to stand up for the provincial horse-racing in...

Racing Up Against Casino Operators?

December 23, 2012

"Maybe we're being looked upon as competition that has to be eliminated for MGM or Caesar's to come in and run the type of businesses that they run."

Liberal Leadership Candidates On Safeguarding Horse Racing

December 22, 2012

The future of the industry, and of the 55,000 full-time and part-time jobs that it provides primarily in rural Ontario, has been thrown into question by the McGuinty government's abrupt decision earli...

OLG Tentative Agreements With KD, WFD

December 21, 2012

On Friday, December 21, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. announced that it has reached tentative lease agreements with the operators of Kawartha Downs and the Western Fair District for slots opera...

Update From Sue Leslie

December 21, 2012

OHRIA President Sue Leslie was interviewed on The Motts today (December 21, 2012) to give an update on the horse racing and breeding industry’s ongoing challenges with the government regarding the ind...