The fight to change sports betting laws in Canada got hit with a large opponent this week in the form of Toronto Blue Jays President and CEO Paul Beeston. Beeston was one of the architects of the 1992 & 1993 championship winning Toronto Blue Jays teams. Citing the example of the 1919 “Black Sox”…
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Ottawa has been a city facing much gambling hype in the last few weeks. City council has previously approved working with the OLG to find suitable locations for a casino in the city’s limits and determine who would be an ideal operator of the casino. In conjunction with the casino strategy the OLG has announced…
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Climatologists and researchers who study unusual weather patterns often look to Canada as a site to perform their studies. In one full year Canada can experience weather extremes on both sides of the thermometer and within the last few years; those extremes have become more unpredictable. It’s this unpredictability that has raised the question of…
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The removal of the slots at racetrack program announced by the OLG to make way for casinos and entertainment centres seems to be hiding the fact that the current formula does make money. The OLG’s new plan is to reach more gamblers by providing a casino in the big cities with Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, and…
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The odds of winning the lottery are never really stacked in one individual’s favour but when the prize is as big as Lotto Max has accumulated to, Canadians coast to coast to coast are likely to pay a visit to the nearest convenience store and grab a ticket. With no winners of the grand prize…
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The OLG casino proposals are currently under debate in many communities. Toronto city council is awaiting a report that will make recommendations on the merits of a GTA casino, Hamilton is hoping to acquire public opinion as a means to judge its decision, and Sudbury and Collingwood are making arrangements for their submissions to the…
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Ontario has been put onto an uncertain path for the next few months as a number of bombshells at Queen’s Park have left the province without a leader, without a direction, and without certainty that the current government will continue. Dalton McGuinty surprised Ontarians earlier in the week by choosing to step down as premier…
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For a man who needs the city of Edmonton’s help to secure an arena deal for the Edmonton Oilers; team owner Daryl Katz is making a dangerous gamble negotiating with the city. After agreeing a year ago to a financing agreement with the city of Edmonton, Katz has issued a new request to add $6…
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There’s been so much debate about the OLG fast-tracking its casino development plans, you can’t help but wonder if Dalton McGuinty stepped down in part for the controversy of being against referendums to the people of Ontario. Nevertheless discussions in communities across the province are underway with heated arguments on both sides of the debate.…
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The Toronto casino debate continues with no end in sight until city council officially makes its vote to the OLG. Property groups are lining up with multi-million and billion dollar investments for a development site hinging on the approval of a casino being part of those development sites. Most of those investments are centred on…
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