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Elissa Blowe will be the new Manager of Horse Racing Marketing at OLG. Photo by Michael Burns Photography

Elissa Blowe to be Manager of Horse Racing Marketing at OLG

March 3, 2016

It has been announced that Elissa Blowe is leaving the Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium (FELRC) to assume an important new role as Manager of Product Development and Marketing – Horse Racing for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. Blowe has…

Update on Horse Racing and OLG Integration

October 16, 2015

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) president and CEO Stephen Rigby has issued the following letter, dated October 15, 2015, to Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA) president Sue Leslie to provide the horse community an update on the integration of…

Locked out OLG workers outside Woodbine Racetrack. (CNW Group/Unifor)

OLG Lockouts at Woodbine & Sudbury Racetracks

September 21, 2015

Workers at Woodbine Racetrack and Sudbury Racetrack Slots have been locked out by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) since 12:01 a.m. on September 19th. The labour dispute is affecting more than 1,000 members of the Unifor union. In…

Toronto Council Approves Expanded Gambling at Woodbine

July 9, 2015

Toronto Mayor John Tory’s executive committee has voted to expand gaming at Woodbine Racetrack by a 10-3 majority. Just two years ago, Toronto City council struck down similar expansion plans on the site and rejected proposals to build a major…

Ontario Horse Racing: Working Toward Sustainability

June 26, 2015

For the first time, representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and crown agencies are working together in support of a sustainable industry. Following government direction first announced in October 2013, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation…

Woodbine Racetrack Casino Public Consultation

May 7, 2015

Toronto City Council has tasked the City Manager with seeking public input on expanded gaming at Woodbine Racetrack. The public consultation will include: a public meeting in Etobicoke; an online questionnaire promoted on the City’s website and via social media;…

Ontario Government Ordered to Produce SARP Cancellation Documents

February 11, 2015

Last spring, a group of Standardbred breeders from Ontario launched a lawsuit against the province and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG). The group, made of up breeders from nearly 40 Ontario farms, alleged that when then OLG announced…

OHRIA Responds to Auditor General Report

April 30, 2014

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA) was not surprised by the findings contained in the Auditor General’s Report on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming’s (OLG’s) Modernization Plan considering the devastation the horse racing and breeding industry has endured since…

OLG Modernization Plan “Overly Optimistic,” Auditor General says in Special Report

April 28, 2014

A 2012 plan to modernize the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and generate higher profits for the province was “overly ambitious” and “overly optimistic,” Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk said in a Special Report released today. The Ontario Lottery and…

Elmer Buchanan New ORC Chair

November 8, 2013

Elmer Buchanan has been appointed by the Government of Ontario as Chair of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) for a term of one year. Most recently, he served as a member of the Horse Racing Industry Transition Panel, which met with industry participants…