Report ONTARIO - CANADA
FIGURES FROM THE AGCO 2010/2011 CASINO
OLG CASINOS Casino Brantford
Casino Point Edward Casino Sault Ste. Marie Casino Thousand Island Casino Thunder Bay
Great Blue Heron Casino
RESORT CASINOS Casino Niagara
Niagara Fallsview Casino Casino Rama
Caesars Windsor
SLOT FACILITIES Ajax Downs
Clinton Raceway Dresden Raceway Flamboro Downs Georgian Downs
• OLG SLOTS
Ontario is responsible for some 40 per cent of the racing sector in Canada. There are currently 14 OLG slot facilities at racetracks in Ontario. There were 17 earlier this year although three have since ceased operations at Fort Erie, Windsor and Hiawatha racetracks.
Each of these three facilities were adjacent to the US border and with new casinos in Buffalo and Detroit the OLG sites were unable to compete.
The sector employs around 31,000 full time people and of the $5.7bn total annual economic contribution from the Canadian horse racing sector some 77 per cent ($4.5bn) comes from the Ontario racing industry, whilst 68 per cent of the races are held in Ontario. Some $1.04bn was wagered in Ontario on horse racing and in 2010 the industry generated $2.1bn in expenditures.
Back in April 1998 the government announced a Slots-At-Racetracks programme with the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association that would see slots introduced at racetracks in the province. The first one to open was Windsor Raceway in December 1998.
This basically enabled the horse racing sector and racetrack host municipality to receive direct funding from OLG through this programme and since its inception in
Grand River Raceway Hanover Raceway
Kawartha Downs Raceway Mohawk Raceway
Rideau Carleton Raceway Sudbury Downs Raceway Western Fair
Woodbine Raceway Woodstock Raceway
539 480 447 496 452 523
1,636 3,121
2,460 2,330
800 123 116 782
1,000 240 131
450 859
1,274 370 750
2,204 185
1998 up until March 2012 the programme has provided approximately $3.7bn in slot revenue to the horse racing industry.
Under the Slots-At-Racetracks Programme there are now slot machines installed at the 14 racetracks in Ontario and the racing industry earns 20 per cent commission on the net revenue which is shared between racetrack operators (10%) to fund the operations for live racing and 10% to purses for racing at each track.
The 14 slot racetracks in Ontario include Standard Bred tracks: Clinton Raceway, Dresden Raceway, Flamboro Raceway, Georgian Downs, Grand River Raceway, Hanover Raceway, Kawartha Downs, Mohawk Racetrack, Rideau Carleton Raceway, Sudbury Downs, Western Fair District and Woodstock Raceway. Meanwhile Ajax Downs is Quarter Horse
Ontario is responsible for some 40 per cent
of the racing sector in Canada. There are currently 14
OLG slot facilities at racetracks in
Ontario. There were 17 earlier this year although three
have since ceased operations at Fort Erie, Windsor and Hiawatha racetracks.
Municipal governments in racetrack home communities earn around five per cent of the net revenues and the balance goes to the OLGC. In 2010 the racing industry in Ontario earned $333m in commissions of which $169m went to racetrack operators and $164m to purses for racing.
In September Bally Technologies announced an agreement with the OLG to supply its progressive system technology and award winning slot machines to create a $1m wide area progressive jackpot (WAP) link.
OLG’s link called Mighty Millionaire will initially be offered on 90 games at 19 different gaming venues across the province. Bally was given the contract
February 2013 PAGE 131 NO. OF SLOTS NO. OF TABLES
55 60 13 23 14 60
40
132 123 86
LOCATION Brantford Point Edward
Sault Ste. Marie Gananoque Thunder Bay Port Perry
Niagara Falls Niagara Falls Orillia
Windsor Ajax
Clinton Dresden Dundas Barrie Elora
Hanover
Peterborough Milton Ottawa
Sudbury London Toronto
Woodstock WHEN OPEN
Nov 1999 April 2000 May 1999 June 2002 Aug 2000 May 2000
Dec 1996 June 2004 July 1996 May 1994
March 2006 Aug 2000 April 2001 Oct 2000 Nov 2001 Dec 2003 Feb 2001 Nov 1999 Aug 1999 Feb 2000 Nov 1999 Sept 1999
March 2000 June 2001
and Woodbine Racetrack is Thorough and Standardbred.
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