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WEG Among Preferred Spots For Casino
Half of Toronto residents oppose construction of a new casino in the city, according to a recent poll conducted, but if one were to be built residents have cited Woodbine Racetrack as one of their preferences for its location.  Toronto Casino5/23/2012
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Poll results not a shocker: Toronto is casino-phobic, and people want a referendum
(Toronto) -- Strategic Communications has another poll out today, showing what a lot of us already suspected. The idea of a casino in Toronto is going to be a tough sell...
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Video bingo in Toronto would help charities but cost the city
(Toronto) -- As the casino debate continues to simmer, Toronto politicians face another tough decision related to gambling: whether to give up hundreds of thousands of...
5/22/2012
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Poll on Toronto casino issue reveals a strong NIMBY factor
(Toronto) -- The most recent poll of Torontonians on the casino question suggests many supporters would become opponents if the proposed location were in their...
5/20/2012
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Architect Hendrik Op’t Root on Toronto casino plans: If you build it, it better be grand
(Toronto) -- Local architect Hendrik Op’t Root pitched a waterfront casino design that came within a hair of being used by Casino Rama’s developers in the...
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Kelly McParland: Casino dream has visions of Las Vegas dancing in Toronto heads
(Toronto) -- According to the World Casino Directory, Ontario has more casinos “than any other state in Canada.” You can never have too much of a good thing...
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STUTZ: Next gaming frontier: Toronto?
(Toronto) -- Toronto and Singapore are separated by 12 hours and more than 9,300 miles. To the gaming industry, that's where the difference ends.
5/19/2012
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Column: Toronto shouldn’t gamble its waterfront on a casino
(Toronto) -- I remember the subway ads for Ontario Place in 1978 during my first visit to Toronto. They depicted happy families slipping down waterslides, gamboling on...
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Gambling on the waterfront: Casinos around the world that could serve as inspiration for Toronto
(Toronto) -- Should Toronto embrace a casino within its borders? And if so, should it be on the city’s waterfront or near its northern edge? These are questions...
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Only vested interests want casino
(Toronto) -- Re: Pressure building for T.O. casino, May 14: When I read the nonsense from Paul Godfrey I had to reply. An “iconic entertainment centre” with...
5/17/2012
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The site of GTA casino down to four possibilities
(Toronto) -- One of four municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area would become home to a new casino, under a plan to modernize Ontario’s gambling operations and...
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Toronto waterfront among five areas proposed as new site for casino
(Toronto) -- Wide swaths of land along the waterfronts in Toronto and Mississauga are among the sites Ontario’s lottery corporation is proposing for a new gambling...
5/15/2012
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A lot of casino questions (and few answers) at Rob Ford’s executive meeting
(Toronto) -- MGM and Caesars Entertainment may already be scoping out Toronto as a potential site for a massive resort casino (and have some, er, very nice brochures to...
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Could future of Toronto casino project be in peril?
(Toronto) -- Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is threatening to abandon its plans for a Toronto casino if the city doesn't show more enthusiasm.
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Executive committee wants more casino information
(Toronto) -- Toronto's Executive Committee is holding out for more information before rolling the dice on the effects of a casino in Toronto. That was the decision...
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MGM wants casino on Toronto’s waterfront
(Toronto) -- Mayor Rob Ford raised Exhibition Place as a more attractive option for the casino resort that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation wants to bring to...
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NDP demands referendums on casino
(Toronto) -- The NDP's finance critic Michael Prue is calling on the Province to allow referendums to take place in Mississauga and Toronto on the issue of a casino...
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Toronto casino debate to resume in the fall
(Toronto) -- The simmering issue of whether to build a casino in Toronto will be put on the back burner for a few more months while city staff study it further.
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Toronto casino push has Las Vegas Sands scouting the city
(Toronto) -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. is the latest casino-resort developer to scout Toronto as a possible location in response to the Ontario government’s push to...
5/14/2012
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Casino debate will have to wait
(Toronto) -- Rob Ford is taking his foot off the gas in his drive to bring a casino to Toronto, at least until the fall.
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Doug Holyday wants to ban casino lobbyists (who are already making the rounds at city hall)
(Toronto) -- Doug Holyday, one of Rob Ford’s closest non-familial allies, hasn’t yet said what he thinks about the prospect of a GTA mega-casino, but he did...
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Executive committee asks for a staff report on Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- The city's executive committee has voted to have the city manager report back on the pros and cons of having a Toronto casino.
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Exhibition Place emerges as favoured bet for Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- Exhibition Place is emerging as a new leading contender to host a resort casino, with Toronto’s mayor making it clear his priority is to reap the...
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MGM executive makes pitch for Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- One of the men behind the glitzy MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas made a pitch at City Hall Monday, telling councillors that Toronto would be a prime...
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Onex chief game to invest in proposed Toronto casino scheme
(Toronto) -- Gerald Schwartz, one of Canada’s richest men and most prolific deal-makers, says he is “enthusiastic” about proposals to build a casino in...
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Province’s casino threat hollow, MGM executive suggests
(Toronto) -- Toronto is unlikely to lose out on a massive casino-resort project even if city politicians do not rapidly approve one, an executive from a Nevada-based...
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Toronto casino decision delayed to the fall
(Toronto) -- Toronto city council won’t decide whether to roll the dice on a casino until at least October. Mayor Rob Ford and his executive committee voted to...
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Toronto Likely to Get an Extensive Study of Casinos
(Toronto) -- After a long day of hearing from various interested parties, ranging from recovering gambling addicts to executives hoping to build an “integrated...
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While the Mayor's team debates casinos, big names are lining up
(Toronto) -- Today's meeting of the Executive Committee is discussing casinos and the proper placement thereof, and it's been a doozy so far. Advocates for a...
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Woodbine threatened by downtown casino
(Toronto) -- Woodbine Racetrack would be at risk of going bust if a casino set up shop on Toronto’s waterfront, a senior Woodbine official warned Monday.
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Woodbine wouldn’t survive loss of slots to downtown casino: track executive
(Toronto) -- The Toronto racetrack that hosts the Queen’s Plate can’t survive if its slot machines are removed to make way for a glitzy new casino on the...
5/13/2012
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OLG could use Marina Bay Sands complex in Singapore as model for Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- A projected casino is consuming much of the energy in Toronto politics. When a specific proposal is unveiled, however, it should be examined with care, not...
5/12/2012
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5 building blocks of a Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- Plans for a mega-casino on Toronto’s waterfront have been touted by Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission officials, but the project still has to...
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Editorial: Toronto casino is a bad idea, even if it’s called an ‘integrated resort’
(Toronto) -- Torontonians are about to get a lesson in three-card monte as part of the debate over whether to build a waterfront casino. And just as in the notorious...
5/11/2012
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Casino would kill small business, Vaughan says
(Toronto) -- Building a casino near Lake Ontario will wipe out small business in the downtown core and provide little economic spinoff, says a Toronto city councillor.
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Ford not betting on casino debate
(Toronto) -- Mayor Rob Ford wasn’t showing his cards ahead of Monday’s casino debate. Ford’s executive committee will be considering two anti-casino...
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Holyday wants council ban on casino lobbyists
(Toronto) -- Deputy mayor Doug Holyday wants to ban councillors from being lobbied about a Toronto casino. Holyday — who has yet to make up his mind on a casino...
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Toronto casino: Pressure building for waterfront complex
(Toronto) -- Pressure is building on Toronto councillors to approve the idea of a local casino, particularly on the waterfront.
5/10/2012
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Toronto's proposed casino: the pros and cons
(Ontario) -- The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. announced early this year that it wanted to build a casino in the Toronto area. Though no site has been chosen,...
5/9/2012
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Councillors choosing sides on waterfront casino proposal
(Toronto) -- Paul Godfrey, the chair of Ontario’s lottery corporation and a long-time force to be reckoned with in Toronto politics, says he’d like to see a...
4/29/2012
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Touby: Toronto already has a casino: Bay Street
(Toronto) -- Urine is the perfume of casino gambling. On the gaming floor and especially in the area where high-tech-one-armed bandits flash, ring, whoop and chime, the...
4/27/2012
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MGM Casino is Toronto Bound
(Toronto) -- The company behind some of Las Vegas’s best-known gambling destinations—including Bellagio, Luxor, Mandalay Bay and The Mirage—has begun...
4/26/2012
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Toronto is unlikely to profit from a waterfront casino
(Toronto) -- What do Dwight Duncan, Doug Ford, Paul Godfrey and MGM have in common? They all want a gambling palace in Toronto. Duncan, the provincial finance minister,...
4/22/2012
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No casino gambling on Toronto's waterfront!
(Toronto) -- Toronto has the chance to say no to casino gambling on its waterfront, and it should. Apart from a correctional facility, a casino is among the least...
4/20/2012
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Olive: Why a Toronto casino is a crapshoot on the waterfront
(Toronto) -- Toronto has the chance to say no to casino gambling on its waterfront, and it should. Apart from a correctional facility, a casino is among the least...
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Polls: Narrow majority favours casino; Rob Ford’s approval up but still weak
(Toronto) -- Mayor Rob Ford and the Toronto casino he supports both fared well in polls released this week. One poll, by Ipsos Reid, showed a slim majority of...
4/19/2012
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Poll: 54% Okay With Casino In Toronto
(Toronto) -- The results of the latest Ipsos Reid poll shows that a slim majority of Torontonians are in favour of having a Casino in this city. According to the poll,...
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Toronto split over casino proposal, poll finds
(Toronto) -- A slim majority of Torontonians supports the proposal to build a casino in the city, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll released Thursday.
4/18/2012
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Interest in T.O. casino no surprise: McGuinty
(Toronto) -- MGM's interest in building a casino along Toronto's waterfront is no surprise to Premier Dalton McGuinty. "I would not be surprised for us to...
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Toronto casino: Referendum would likely wait until 2014
(Toronto) -- A referendum on a Toronto casino is not likely to be held before 2014. Councillor Michael Thompson, chair of the city’s economic development committee...
4/17/2012
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Downtown waterfront or bust: Big casino resort won’t work at Woodbine, MGM says
(Toronto) -- One of the world’s biggest casino-resort companies says it wants to build a massive gambling and entertainment facility in Toronto — but that it...
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MGM eyeing Toronto for new casino?
(Toronto) -- MGM’s interest in building a casino on Toronto’s waterfront comes as no surprise to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty.
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MGM resort group prepared to build multi-billion dollar hotel-casino in Toronto
(Toronto) -- The company that built some of Las Vegas' biggest casinos, including the Bellagio, Luxor, Mandalay Bay and the Mirage would reportedly like to build a...
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MGM targets Toronto for 'spectacular' casino resort
(Toronto) -- Gambling heavyweight MGM Resorts has thrown its name into Toronto's casino debate, expressing interest in investing in a glamorous resort akin to its...
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MGM, Bunny Ranch eyeing Toronto as destinations
(Toronto) -- Toronto may one day be known as Sin City of the North if one of the world's largest gambling companies and a notorious brothel get their way.
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Narrow majority supports Toronto casino: Poll
(Toronto) -- Toronto residents are nearly evenly split when it comes to supporting a casino at Woodbine racetrack. A new poll of 500 randomly chosen Torontonians found...
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Survey Shows Support for Woodbine Casino
(Toronto) -- A poll commissioned by Woodbine Entertainment Group indicates a majority of the Toronto, Ontario, residents surveyed oppose locating a casino downtown, and...
4/15/2012
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Casino good deal for single moms: Mammoliti
(Toronto) -- Single mothers could hit the jackpot with a Toronto casino, Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti argued Sunday. Appearing as a guest on Mayor Rob Ford’s...
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Councillor Pushes Toronto Casino
(Toronto) -- City councillor Giorgio Mammoliti took to the Newstalk 1010 airwaves Sunday afternoon pushing a casino in Toronto. As a guest on Newstalk 1010's The...
4/14/2012
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Do casinos drive up the crime rate?
(Toronto) -- Back in 2001, Toronto police weren’t painting a rosy picture of the neighbourhood surrounding Woodbine Racetrack. Crime spiked, they said, after 1,752...
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Rob Ford’s Sheppard Line could be built solely by casino-money—500 years from now
(Toronto) -- Metro blogger and noted Rob Ford critic Matt Elliott attacks the idea of a Toronto casino today (and without invoking the future of the city’s...
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What can Toronto learn from Montreal’s downtown casino?
(Quebec) -- It’s 1:22 a.m. and Marie, holding a cup of stale coffee in her left hand, repeatedly hits the green ‘Play’ button with her right. She doesn...
4/13/2012
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Crisanti supports Woodbine casino
(Toronto) -- Councillor Vince Crisanti wants to bet on Woodbine as the spot for a Toronto casino. The Ward 1, Etobicoke North councillor sent a letter to Mayor Rob Ford...
4/12/2012
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LETTER: Duncan misrepresenting facts
(Ontario) -- An open letter to Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan: Mr. Duncan, I fail to understand how you can continue to misrepresent the facts to the citizens of...
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Toronto casino a cash cow? Not for City Hall
(Toronto) -- So Toronto wants a casino. A casino, says the mayor and some councillors, is just the ticket we need to boost the city’s finances and build the vast...
4/11/2012
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Casino debate to go to council in May
(Toronto) -- Residents will have a chance to voice their opinions on a casino in Toronto when the issue comes before Mayor Rob Ford and his allies next month.
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Council punts casino issue to Ford's executive committee
(Toronto) -- Toronto residents could be heading to the polls as early as October to cast their votes on casinos if one member of Mayor Rob Ford’s executive...
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Council Puts Casino Debate Aside
(Toronto) -- Toronto councillors have voted to put off a debate on whether the city should have a downtown casino. A motion by Coun. Adam Vaughan to hold a referendum on...
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Council votes to defer casino debate until May
(Toronto) -- The city has decided to wait on the casino debate.They've pushed the issue to the mayor's executive committee which will meet in May.
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Councillors push back referendum debate over plan for downtown casino
(Toronto) -- Toronto councillors are taking a hold-and-see approach on whether to take a gamble on a new downtown casino.
4/10/2012
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BLOG: Casinos are exactly like state-subsidized “smoking palaces,” according to Marcus Gee
(Toronto) -- We though Richard Florida’s disdain for casinos was intense, but the Globe and Mail’s Marcus Gee may have him beat. Today, the columnist...
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City council poised for casino fight
(Toronto) -- Should Toronto roll the dice on a casino? Councillor Michael Thompson said Tuesday he wants to put the casino question to residents in a referendum as early...
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Councillor wants to put Toronto casino question to referendum
(Toronto) -- Toronto residents could be heading to the polls as early as October to cast their votes on casinos if one member of Mayor Rob Ford’s executive...
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GEE: Toronto should bet against casino
(Toronto) -- Imagine that, instead of discouraging smoking, the government set up a special public company to promote it. Imagine it spent millions on ads telling people...
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Scarborough councillor calls for referendum on Toronto casino as early as October
(Toronto) -- As city council readies for a possible debate on a casino in Toronto, a Scarborough councillor is calling for a referendum on the issue as early as October...
4/6/2012
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Councilman proposes a referendum on controversial casino
(Toronto) -- The Toronto Star reports that a Toronto city councilman, Adam Vaughan, is suggesting that a casino referendum be held. Mayor Rob Ford has endorsed the idea.
4/5/2012
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Casino has suitors if spurned by Toronto
(Toronto) -- If Toronto city council turns down the chance to have a casino, at least half dozen other municipalities in the region are game, sources say.
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Taking a gamble: What some of us think about a casino
(Toronto) -- With Toronto’s casino quagmire no closer to resolution, the question that has polarized politicians, business owners and average Joes — that is...
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Toronto Council deals with casino motions on April 10
(Toronto) -- Toronto City Council could be laying it on the table next week on the subject of gambling in the city, as it deals with two notices of motion relating to...
4/4/2012
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Duncan to Toronto: If you don’t want the casino, someone else will
(Toronto) -- As downtown councillors take action to prevent Toronto from getting a casino, Ontario’s Finance Minister is pushing back, touting a waterfront...
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Dwight Duncan may place bet on Toronto waterfront casino
(Toronto) -- As some city councillors try to block a casino in Toronto, or put it to a referendum, Ontario’s Finance Minister is talking up the possibilities of an...
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Ford wants casino
(Toronto) -- Mayor Rob Ford thinks Toronto will hit the jackpot with a casino. As the province mulls where to put a casino in the GTA, city councillors have dealt...
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Mayor Rob Ford, finance minister open to a Toronto casino referendum
(Toronto) -- Mayor Rob Ford and provincial Finance Minister Dwight Duncan say they would accept a referendum on whether to build the Toronto casino they both endorse.
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Toronto casino referendum on the table, Duncan says
(Toronto) -- Ontario's finance minister wagers that a casino along Toronto's waterfront would be a cash bonanza, and he's willing to lay the odds in a...
3/20/2012
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OP/ED: Opponents of Toronto casino ignore facts
(Ontario) -- The debate of “should gaming exist in our community or not” has already come and gone. With slot machines at Woodbine Race Track for more than a...
3/19/2012
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Residents debate Richmond Hill casino
(Toronto) -- With talk of a casino coming to the Greater Toronto Area, some Richmond Hill residents and councillors are expressing interest while others are vehemently...
3/17/2012
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Slots in Memorial Arena a bad bet for downtown
(Ontario) -- The fact that two of the biggest stories in the local news scene — the racino fiasco and the Memorial Arena slightly-less-of-a-fiasco — should...
3/13/2012
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OLG wants casino in the GTA
(Toronto) -- The province's gaming commission wants to sell lottery tickets in more stores, end its revenue-sharing deal with race tracks, and build a new casino in...
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Temporary casino in Toronto could fill gap while new one built
(Toronto) -- A temporary casino could spring up in the Greater Toronto Area as the region waits four to six years for a swank new gaming facility to be built.
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Toronto casino could put Windsor jobs, tourism in jeopardy
(Toronto) -- The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation said changes are coming to Windsor within the next five years. The OLG's Rod Phillips said Windsor as a...
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Toronto-area casino could crush other venues
(Toronto) -- The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s grand expansion scheme to pump a billion dollars into provincial coffers by building a new casino in the...
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Toronto-area casino, lotto tickets online and at checkouts coming to Ontario
(Toronto) -- Cash-strapped Ontario is placing its bets on a plan to boost gambling revenues that would see a new casino in the Toronto area and lottery tickets sold...
3/12/2012
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Ontario gambling overhaul to include Toronto casino
(Ontario) -- The Ontario government says a planned overhaul of gambling in the province will mean $1.3 billion in new revenue annually. Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp...
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Casino plan gets mixed reviews
(Toronto) -- A Toronto casino isn’t necessarily a safe bet. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s announcement Monday morning to bring a casino to the...
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GTA casino would be ‘devastating’
(Toronto) -- A Toronto casino would be a gamble for the province if it moves ahead without an impact study is not completed first, Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati said...
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OLG pushes for Toronto casino in expansion bid
(Toronto) -- The corporation that oversees government-sanctioned gambling in Ontario is pushing for a major expansion, including a casino in Toronto and greater access...
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OLG wants to build casino in GTA, expand slot machines
(Toronto) -- Cash-strapped Ontario is placing its bets on a plan to boost gambling revenues that would see a new casino in the Toronto area and lottery tickets sold...
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Ontario approves OLG’s plan for new Toronto casino in expansion of province’s gambling industry
(Toronto) -- The Ontario government has approved a massive slate of reforms to the province’s lottery and gaming industry, including a new casino in Greater...
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Ontario government eyes Toronto casino to boost revenues
(Toronto) -- Ontario's government cleared the path on Monday for the opening of a new Toronto-area casino as part of a broader plan by the debt-ridden Canadian...
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OP/ED: A casino in Toronto is a terrible idea that smacks of desperation
(Toronto) -- A casino for the Toronto area, government-backed Internet gambling and greater access to slots and lottery tickets – so many new chances for Ontarians...
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Toronto casino: Councillors split on gamble, writes Royson James
(Toronto) -- The city hall lunch counter attendant didn’t hesitate before she answered the one-word question on Monday. Casinos? “No,” she said....
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Toronto casino: New casino to be built in the Greater Toronto Area, OLG says
(Toronto) -- The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is betting a new Greater Toronto Area casino, and the closure of other facilities, will create 2,300 new jobs and...
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Toronto casino: OLG proposal threatens to split council over location
(Toronto) -- A proposed Toronto casino threatens to plunge city council into another messy fight, with downtown the most controversial site and Woodbine race track the...
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Toronto-area casino could crush other venues
(Toronto) -- The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission’s grand expansion scheme to pump a billion dollars into provincial coffers by building a new casino in the...
3/2/2012
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Doug Ford wants to fund the Sheppard subway extension with casino dollars and lottery money
(Toronto) -- With the fate of public transit on Sheppard Avenue soon to be decided, noted idea man Doug Ford thinks it’s time his colleagues start to think outside...
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Toronto Subway Plan: Casino, Tolls Could Finance Extension, Says Toronto Councillor Doug Ford
(Toronto) -- Toronto Coun. Doug Ford said Thursday it was time to think "outside the box" to find new ways to fund an extension to the Sheppard subway line.
3/1/2012
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Casino a bad bet for Toronto
(Toronto) -- “Toronto deserves a world-class casino,” city councillor and one-time mayoral hopeful Giorgio Mammoliti declared recently.
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Doug Ford calls for lottery or casino to pay for mayor’s subway plan
(Toronto) -- Toronto Councillor Doug Ford says there is no way the mayor will bring back the hated vehicle registration tax to pay for subways, but discussions are...
2/15/2012
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Scarborough, downtown councillors at odds over casinos
(Toronto) -- Downtown and East York councillors have moved to keep casinos out of their territory, while Scarborough councillors declared gambling houses, at least...
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Toronto divided over potential casino
(Toronto) -- In Toronto, the fight over a potential casino in the city is growing. The Toronto & East York Community Council has voted to block changing bylaws that...
2/14/2012
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Councillors at odds over casino idea
(Toronto) -- A downtown Toronto councillor wants officials to do everything possible to keep casinos out of the core of the city, even as some city politicians muse...
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Ford allies back casinos
(Toronto) -- A day after the deputy mayor suggested gambling proceeds could help pay for Rob Ford’s subway, Scarborough councillors have voted in favour of...
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Group of councillors work on keeping casinos out of Toronto
(Ontario) -- As Ontario's lottery corporation pushes for a casino in Toronto, the campaign to keep them out of the downtown is gaining momentum.
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Toronto councillors split over casino question
(Toronto) -- Talk of a possible casino for Toronto is the latest issue to create fault lines between downtown and suburban councillors.
2/12/2012
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Column: Casino will come to Toronto
(Ontario) -- If it were up to me, there would be no more casinos opened in Ontario and we wouldn’t be loosening the rules for online gambling. I’d shut down...
2/10/2012
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COMMENT: Like it or not, Toronto casino is coming
(Toronto) -- If it were up to me, there would be no more casinos opened in Ontario and we wouldn't be loosening the rules for online gambling.
2/6/2012
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'I will speak out' against any plan for Toronto casino: Craitor
(Toronto) -- Kim Craitor says he’s willing to vote against his Liberal government if it means helping to prevent a casino being built in Toronto. “I can say...
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Craitor set to challenge own government over putting casino in Toronto
(Toronto) -- Every day, the story is the same. Scores of buses full of Toronto gamblers leave the city at all hours in search of a little casino action and somewhere to...
2/5/2012
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Belleville seeks update on casino/racetrack project
(Ontario) -- City council unanimously supported a motion to seek an update from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission on the long-delayed casino and racetrack...
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WEG Among Preferred Spots For Casino
(Ontario) -- Half of Toronto residents oppose construction of a new casino in the city, according to a recent poll conducted, but if one were to be built residents have...
2/4/2012
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Better odds for Toronto casino
(Ontario) -- Every day the story is the same. Scores of buses full of Toronto gamblers leave the city at all hours in search of a little casino action and somewhere to...
2/3/2012
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Poll: 50 per cent of Torontonians don’t want a casino in city
(Ontario) -- A Forum Research survey shows that Torontonians would prefer to see a casino built at Woodbine Racetrack in the city’s west end, or at the Exhibition Place...
2/2/2012
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Niagara Falls council affirms opposition to Toronto casino day before Queen’s Park says it’s still on the table for Ontario Place
(Toronto) -- One day after Niagara Falls council voted to voice concern to the province about the possibility of a casino in Toronto, the head of the government’s...
2/1/2012
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Casino not ruled out as an option to revive Ontario Place
(Ontario) -- The iconic Cinesphere on Toronto’s waterfront, home to the first Imax theatre, is fading to black as the province closes most of Ontario Place for up...
1/25/2012
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Betting against a casino in Toronto
(Toronto) -- All of us who live in and around Ottawa have only the fondest feelings for Toronto and want it to prosper and be recognized internationally for the...
1/21/2012
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OP/ED: Casino file / Toronto is the wrong bet
(Ontario) -- Whenever the provincial government needs to quench its insatiable thirst for money it resorts to the tried and true - just offer more ways to gamble and...
1/20/2012
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COLUMN: Toronto casino talk sinks like a lead balloon
(Toronto) -- It would be a long shot for Toronto to get its own casino, but there was a glimmer of hope in the Centre of the Universe this week after Liberal Finance...
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OP/ED: Casinos aren't good gamble for balancing books
(Toronto) -- There's an old joke about how casinos are a tax on the stupid. People who like to gamble can't do the math and can't figure out that the house...
1/19/2012
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LETTER: Why stop at casinos for Toronto?
(Ontario) -- Here are some more money ideas for Ontario. First, LCBO could use its monopsony power to minimize costs, and maximize profits. Second, with online gambling...
1/18/2012
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Business group agrees transportation, Toronto casino are short-term regional issues worthy of attention
(Toronto) -- A still unnamed committee of local business organizations has identified a possible casino in Toronto and securing daily GO train service as short-term...
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Businesses concerned about Toronto casino talk
(Toronto) -- No new gaming facilities — in Toronto or anywhere in Ontario — are in the cards for now, a spokesman for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming...
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Hudak worried Toronto casino would ‘cannibalize’ gaming parlours in Niagara, Windsor
(Toronto) -- Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says he has “considerable concern” a Toronto casino – an idea that’s again making...
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Toronto casino a non-starter, despite Finance Minister Dwight Duncan’s trial balloon
(Toronto) -- He hasn’t tipped his hand just yet, but Finance Minister Dwight Duncan seems open to going “all in” by betting on a Toronto casino. No,...
1/17/2012
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Casino poker, craps and roulette have no place in Toronto, despite Finance Minister Dwight Duncan’s receptiveness.
(Toronto) -- He hasn’t tipped his hand just yet, but Finance Minister Dwight Duncan seems open to going “all in” by betting on a Toronto casino. No,...
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Hudak voices opposition to Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- Ontario's cash-strapped Liberals should think twice before giving the green light to a casino in the province's most populous city.
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Not time for OLG to gamble on new casino, Hudak says
(Toronto) -- Ontario’s lottery bosses should get their current casinos running better before building any new ones, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak said...
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Province to wait & see on Toronto casino proposal
(Toronto) -- The province is waiting to hear from the OLG board to see if a casino in Toronto is viable. Finance minister Dwight Duncan says he's open to the idea, a...
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Toronto casino would be 'totally inappropriate': Craitor
(Toronto) -- Is it just hogwash from hogtown? Only time will tell. Recent media reports out of Toronto that Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. plans to recommend a casino...
1/16/2012
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Liberals soften opposition to Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says the cash-strapped provincial government may try its luck with a Toronto casino.
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Ontario’s government is game to the idea of a Toronto casino
(Toronto) -- The Ontario government is receptive to the idea of a casino in Toronto because it would help the province raise a new source of revenue, suggests Finance...
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Province Warming To Toronto Casino Idea
(Toronto) -- The province is waiting to hear from the OLG board to see if a casino in Toronto is truly viable. Finance minister Dwight Duncan says he's open to the...
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