While the Toronto casino proposal was overwhelmingly rejected by city council last month, the debate could continue in the weeks or months ahead. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Councilor Doug Ford mentioned on their weekend radio show that they would reopen debate on expanded gambling at the Woodbine racetrack. The OLG casino proposals…
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Google is the dominant web search engine in Canada with approximately 67 percent of the market share. Fellow search engine Bing is attempting to compete with Google for Canadian market share, and announced it will use online gambling advertisements to differentiate from other competitors. Search engine advertisements are different from standard search engine results. Advertisements…
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What does the OLG’s gambling modernization strategy mean for the economic strength of Ontario? Is using gambling to fill revenue gaps in the provincial budget a measure of desperation, or an adaption to the times? The promotion of privatized casinos in the province’s biggest cities has proven less successful than the OLG initially anticipated. The…
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Gloria Mackenzie, an 84 year old woman who lives around Tampa, Florida, has been on Cloud 9 ever since the Powerball lottery drawing on May 18. Mackenzie won a life-changing $370.9 million lump sum of the Powerball jackpot, and chose to take the lump sum upfront. However, the family waited two weeks before claiming the…
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Benny Chen is a restaurant manager in Prince Edward Island, who enjoys playing poker in his free time. Chen registered in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold’em event, alongside over 6,300 other poker players. But Chen was the last man sitting at the poker table, and walked away nearly $1.2…
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The Ottawa casino is a renewed debate in the nation’s capital, after councilor Tim Tierney proposed reopening the casino file in light of significant changes at the OLG and Queen’s Park in Toronto. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson remains committed to the casino, but clarified his stance that he will only support an expanded gaming facility…
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The OLG modernization strategy, which shifts towards offline and online casinos, is costing Ontario taxpayers more money than anticipated. Ontarians paid nearly $81 million to horseracing racetracks as compensation for the OLG’s controversial cancellation of the slots at racetrack revenue sharing program. The Ontario government says the payouts were made to racetracks that spent money…
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The NHL playoffs began the Conference Final matchups this weekend, which will determine the two teams that will enter the final faceoff to lift the Stanley Cup over their heads. Canada has no teams left in the playoffs, but many players on the four remaining teams are Canadian, and have thousands of loyal fans from the…
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The Borgata Casino is the most profitable of the Atlantic City casinos, which is reportedly worth over $1.1 billion. The Borgata hosts a wide variety of slots, table games, poker tournaments, and is even used as a location for movies that feature casinos. Large casinos are also known to provide a collection of penny slots. As the…
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The Rob Ford scandal is an international media sensation, which for good or bad, put Toronto at the forefront of the global market. But serious questions are being asked regarding the Toronto mayor’s likelihood of remaining in office, and whether the Ontario government should force Ford’s removal from his post. Fresh allegations broke in the media…
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