holychow

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I don't think it matters how stupid the GM is...not much competition means success. Degens gonna degen

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TammiM68

I dunno if I agree with the utter destruction of the already-established casinos - if anything, a casino in Toronto would perhaps give the Niagara and Orillia properties the incentive they need to step up their game in terms of service, incentives, etc.

If competition destroyed existing casinos, Las Vegas and AC would not be the gambling Mecca`s they are now. Competition is good; even necessary to keep existing businesses from complacency.

I would love for a full service casino to go up in the GTA somewhere (I agree Woodbine would be a decent choice seeing as the infrastructure is already in place: the location, the parking, staff, security, etc.) But wherever it goes, I hope that poker would be in the cards. The AGCO seems to have a real aversion to HE poker (L, NL, whatever).

Some Torontonians have expressed concerns about an increase in crime rates in neighbourhoods close to a new casino: with the exception of condos, there`s no real neighbourhood, per se, by Ontario Place or Exhibition Place, in fact, Exhibition place has a police detachment on site, if anyone`s really worried, and I am not aware of any statistics which suggest an increase in crime rates in areas near the Ex while the Exhibition Casino is up and running each year.

Anyway, I am hopeful but not expectant of a favourable decision any time soon.

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philliivey

Rama is screwed if this happens, they are already hurting. But I do agree that it will force them to step up their game in terms of incentives.

A lot of people come from Toronto to Rama maybe more on buses is which Rama has always counted on.

Niagara falls casino's I don't think will notice much of a difference as they have a tonne of people from the states coming over.

Remember when they announced fallsview and the uproar over that, everybody was saying no way 2 casino's so close will not last, not only these too but you have Seneca and Fort Erie close by as well.

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gritgar

This just in: Tim Hudak says he's opposed to a new casino in Toronto. Since McGuinty has a minority government, he has to get either the Conservatives or the NDP to vote with him in order to get any law passed. A lot will now depend on whether he can cut a deal with the NDP. I'm not real hopeful.

costanza

Whatever party is for allowing a casino in toronto I will vote for.

It's just politics, its not like my vote matters for anything else.

holychow

Wouldn't the promotion of poker make an excellent political platform?

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Milo

Why not? He's more likely to find a friend among the NDP, than with Hudak's gang anyway. It's not like the NDP will ever get the big chair again. All Premier Dad has to do is waste a few billion of our tax dollars on some cockamamie NDP idea, and the casino is a done deal.

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