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OHHA Responds To Govt Announcement

Ontario Harness Horse Association General Manager Brian Tropea has gone on the record regarding the $179.4 million figure that the Ontario Horse Racing Transitional Panel has recommended for provincia...

Horwath: "It Doesn’t Make Any Sense"

Late last week, Ontario New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath took the opportunity to have a first-hand look at the provincial horse racing industry since the Ontario Liberal Party decided to has...

MacLeod, Snobelen On Ontario Racing

Ontario Horse Racing Transition Panel member John Snobelen and Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod offered some interesting quotes earlier this week regarding the provincial horse racing industr...

OLG's PSAC Workers To Strike May 27?

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has updated the situation regarding the workers within the slot machine gaming area at Woodbine Racetrack, stating that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp...

Natyshak: OLG Modernization Is "A Complete Disaster"

On Monday, May 13, Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Taras Natyshak took aim at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s gaming modernization plan, and called on Kathleen Wynne's reigning Ontario Liberal...

McNaughton Responds To OMAFRA Announcement

Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Monte McNaughton was quick to respond to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food announcement on Monday, May 13 in regard to integrating the Ontario horse rac...

Long-Term Plan Coming for Ontario’s Horse Racing Industry

On Monday, May 13, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food announced that its horse racing transitional panel will work with industry partners, the Ontario Ministry of Finance and the Ontario Lot...

Report: Panel To Take Lead In Integrating Racing Into OLG Modernization Plan

It has been reported that the government of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is compiling a shortlist of individuals to replace Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. Chair Paul Godfrey. It has also been repo...

Northfield Raises Purses Again

For the second time in the 2013 season, Ohio's Northfield Park will increase overnight purses.

April Slots Revenue At PA Racinos Falls

Continuing a trend of steady declines, revenues from slot machines at Pennsylvania’s six racetrack casinos were down 7.4 per cent for the month of April compared to the same month in 2012.

Eaves Discusses GTA Casino Expansion

Both the Ontario horse racing industry and members of the Greater Toronto Area have May 21 circled on their calendars, as that is the date that Toronto City Council will be voting on the polarizing ca...

Woodbine Slots Workers Reject Offer

It has been announced that members of Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 533 --- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. employees that work in the slots area at Woodbine Racetrack --- have rejec...