While the interview was taped just hours prior to Thursday’s bombshell announcement that Paul Godfrey had been fired as the Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the discussion between host Norm Borg and John Snobelen is just as relevant. In fact, the argument could be made that horse racing’s chances to access [...]
Slots-at-Racetracks Program Outperforms Destination Casinos
May 22, 2013 By
Steve Buist of The Hamilton Spectator has written an article that compares the financial productivity of Ontario’s destination casinos to the former slots-at-racetracks program. His report finds that four of the resort-casinos have lost a combined $360 million in the last six years. On the other hand, Ontario’s 17 racinos and six smaller charity casinos [...]
Horwath and NDP MPP’s avert election by approving budget
May 22, 2013 By
On Tuesday, May 21, Ontario New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath announced that her party will support the Ontario Liberal Party’s provincial budget, thus averting an election. According to a report by the CBC, Horwath made the announcement during a news conference at Queen’s Park. “We are prepared to support this budget within a process that [...]
Ernie Hardeman and Monte McNaughton visiting Windsor, Essex on Wednesday May 22, 2013
May 21, 2013 By
Two of the PC’s parties most influential MPP’s will be visiting the Windsor, Essex area on Wednesday May 22, 2013. Ernie Hardeman and Monte McNaughton. Ernie Hardeman was re-elected in October 2007 for a fourth consecutive term, making him the longest consecutively serving MPP in Oxford’s history. Since 2003 Ernie has been a member of [...]
McNaughton Issues Statement on OLG Resignations
May 17, 2013 By
The following is a statement by Ontario PC MPP Monte McNaughton responding to significant resignations at the OLG following the collapse of the Liberals casino modernization plan “This evening we have confirmation that the McGuinty-Wynne casino modernization plan can be added to the long list of Liberal government disasters joining Ornge, E-Health and the political [...]
Under the G…Gone as In Godfrey
May 17, 2013 By
OLG Chair Paul Godfrey announced at a Thursday night press conference that he has been fired from his post as the Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. In 2010, Godfrey was brought in by the Liberal government to clean up the OLG amid revelations of reckless spending and insider lottery wins. Two [...]
Historical Betting Machines a Possibility for Fort Erie Race Track
May 16, 2013 By
Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium CEO Jim Thibert has gone on the record discussing the idea of getting ‘instant racing’ machines up and running at the historic thoroughbred border oval. In an article by Niagara This Week, Thibert explained that Ontario’s racetracks need to be able to offer and promote the traditional live [...]
Lakeshore Group Frustrated
May 16, 2013 By
It has been reported that ‘a demonstration of sorts’ is in the planning stages because the Ontario Racing Commission has yet to approve the proposal for an increase in 2013 race dates for the Leamington Fairgrounds. CBC News has cited horseman Tom Bain, who is also the Warden of Essex County and the [...]
Snobelen and Mcleod make interesting comments on Horse Racing
May 16, 2013 By
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 industry. An article by the Ottawa Citizen has quoted Snobelen as saying that “some form of public investment” is needed in order for the industry to be viable [...]
Ontario Government Plans To Integrate Horse Racing Into Gaming strategy
May 14, 2013 By
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 Lottery and Gaming Corp. on integrating horse racing into the province’s gaming strategy to offer new gaming products and generate additional revenue. A release issued [...]
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