Sudbury Councillors Want Racino October 01, 2012 After it was announced late last week that layoffs are coming at Sudbury Downs, city councillors are again making their calls for expanded casino gaming in the area to be housed at the raceway and not...
Details On Public OLG/Municipal Casino Meetings September 28, 2012 In the wake of the Ontario Liberal Government's controversial announcement to walk away from the mutually-beneficial slots-at-racetracks program, members of Ontario's equine community have felt betray
Caesars, MGM Announce Preferred TO Casino Locations September 27, 2012 Reports which have surfaced this week have clarified the locations that potential casino operators MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment favour if they eventually get the go-ahead to ere...
Hamilton Not Wilting Under OLG/Liberal Pressure September 25, 2012 Hamilton city councillors are continuing to ask the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. simple questions and, to this point, have received nothing but vague to little concrete feedback. “We need a lot mo...
McGuinty Doesn't Support Casino Referendums; Godfrey Pressures Toronto; MGM Speaks September 21, 2012 On Friday, September 21 while speaking at the Toronto Board of Trade, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. Chairman Paul Godfrey stated that the OLG needs to know if Toronto will declare itself a willing ...
Changes To Benefit Casino Operators, Not Education September 20, 2012 Legislators in Maryland are proposing a major expansion of casino gaming to generate more money to fund education. But a recently released report indicates the greatest, and perhaps only, benefactors ...
Hamilton Council: Will OLG Support Gaming Referendum? September 20, 2012 On Wednesday, September 19, Hamilton City Council voted in favour of a resolution which, in part, asks the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. and the minority Ontario Liberal Party if they support a 201...
Public Upset, Angry At OLG Info Session September 17, 2012 Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua was looking to get community feedback regarding the possibility of introducing a full-blown casino to the area during a public OLG information session last Thursday n...
Whitby Turns Down Ajax's Offer September 13, 2012 It has been reported that on September 10, members of the Whitby Council voted 6-2 in favour of spurning Ajax's recent slots revenue-sharing proposition in order to declare itself a willing host munic...
Referendum Call In QP Statement September 12, 2012 It has been reported that the City of North Bay is planning on voting next week on a staff recommendation which would see North Bay conditionally become a 'willing host community' for a new casino. On...
Council Committee In TO Votes Against Casino September 12, 2012 It has been reported that on Tuesday, September 12, members of Toronto and East York Community Council went on the record as voting against the addition of a casino or expanding gaming facility downto...
Horwath Wants Casino Referendum September 11, 2012 During Question Period at Queen's Park on Monday, September 10, Ontario New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath again called on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. and the City of Hamilton to put ...