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Toronto City Council indicate willingness to consider proposal to add table games, casino at Woodbine.

Court rules seven second delay in registering lottery ticket disqualifies winner from partial jackpot.

The proposal for a downtown Toronto casino may have died, but Mayor Rob Ford wants to return to the proposal of a casino at Woodbine Racetrack.

OLG reach tentative agreement with employees at Slots at Woodbine Racetrack.

City Council members voted against the project, despite a move last week by the mayor to take the issue off the table.

MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Corp., Las Vegas Sands Corp., and Wynn Resorts Ltd. had all expressed interest in building and operating the downtown Toronto integrated resort complex.

The development, which has drawn interest from MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment Corp., and Las Vegas Sands Corp., is backed by Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

Any project would include fine dining and casual restaurants, a five-star spa, hotel rooms with views of the Toronto skyline, and a convention center, according to the company.

One observer speculated Toronto has "no better than" a 50-50 chance of approving a casino.

MGM Resorts Chairman Jim Murren said the 50/50 joint venture with The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd. gives the Las Vegas-based casino giant a partner with extensive Canadian development experience.

A new multi-billion-dollar development puts gambling centre stage in Canada’s largest city.

Rob Ford was ordered out of office Monday after an Ontario judge found he had flouted conflict of interest rules.

A resort complex featuring a hotel, casino, convention space and other entertainment amenities in the heart of Toronto could stimulate the economy of Canada's largest city.

PokerTek to add 11 PokerPro tables representing 110 gaming positions at OLG's Woodbine facility in Toronto.

In the latest sign of the high-rollers’ interest in a Toronto casino, Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire gambling magnate and Republican megadonor, has paid a personal visit to Mayor Rob Ford.

Las Vegas Sands intrigued by Toronto casino possibility.

Ever since Ontario government officials suggested in March that Toronto was an ideal destination for a hotel-casino complex that could generate more than $1 billion in gaming revenues, casino company executives have updated their passports and pointed their corporate jets toward Canada.

Poll shows Toronto is divided over casino proposal.

MGM Resorts International eyeing prospects for a hotel-casino development in downtown Toronto.

Ontario government warming up to idea of a downtown Toronto casino.