Canadian Gaming News Issue 130 March 2006 Some of our racinos should 1 start thinking about the future Canada has 27 gaming floors, other- give MJC $5 million plus an I wise known as racinos, at horse rac- amount equal to 20% of any VLT ing tracks. This total includes its gross in excess of this $5 million newest, Ajax Downs, which just from VLTs located at Assiniboia opened near Toronto. Ontario has 17 Downs, its racetrack. MJC then racinos, QuCbec 3, Alberta 3, with decides how much to give out in one each in British Columbia, Sas- purses. Ivan Sack katchewan, Manitoba, and Prince Ed- At Charlottetown Driving Park in ward Island. P.E.1 all racino profits, after Atlan- ers would come to love the sport of Four more have been identified - tic Lottery Corporation expenses, go to the government with it then horse racing and help assure its viabil- Quinte Racetrack (near the City of ity. Belleville) in Ontario; an as yet un- giving a portion back for purses. named racetrack and racino to be built There are two main reasons behind And finally, knowing what was at in the Village of Balzac on the north- most of the decisions to place slots1 stake, governments were prepared to ern edge of the City of Calgary; and VLTs at the tracks: lobbying by spread the money around. Hastings Park and Sandown Park in agricultural groups wanting to As an example, since Ontario's first British Columbia. As we wrote last maintain the financial viability of racino opened at month, a new track and gaming floor horse racing, and government expe- in December 1998, the Government will also be built north of Montreal to diency. of Ontario has given a total of $1.67 replace HippodrBme de MontrCal, We will deal with the financial is- billion in slot profits to that prov- though this does not add to that prov- ince's horse racing industry - $835 ince's total. sue shortly. As to the issue of 'expediency', horse racing tracks million to the track owners and $835 These gaming floors have 11,641 are located on large parcels of land million to their horse people. During slots and VLTs with the lion's share, which, in most instances, isolate this time it also kept $6.30 billion in 9,827 slots, in Ontario. In all in- them somewhat from local racino profits for itself, gave another stances the slots or VLTs are owned neighbourhoods. While this has not $301.49 million to the municipalities by government agencies with the proven an advantage for Hastings that had accepted its racinos, and track, in most cases, getting a share of Park Racetrack were a neighbour- committed 2% annually to the addic- revenue as payment for allowing the hood group has taken the track to tion industry. The latter worked out government to operate gaming there. court, in a broader sense, this has to $36 million in 200412005. In Ontario 10% of slot gross goes to been a significant advantage in Ontario has five-year contracts with the tracks. Another 10% is allocated gaining public acceptance else- its racetracks renewable for a further to track purses and eventually makes where. Conveniently, many of the five years which means that the first its way to those who own, drive or tracks were already zoned for pari- contract will be up for renegotiation ride, care for, and grow feed for mutuel betting which sometimes in 2008. A relevant question being horses. meant that municipal zoning issues asked by its racing industry today is In B.C. the tracks get 25% of slot could also be side-stepped. whether it will negotiate the next 10- gross with another 10% set aside for The tracks directly and indirectly year agreements on terms equivalent purses, in QuCbec 22% of VLT gross also employed many people with to their present contracts? goes to the tracks with the track op- these jobs becoming yet another While the government will almost erators then deciding how much of reason to place slots at the tracks. certainly try to use its gaming monop- this they want to pass along in purses. And, oh yes, most of the tracks oly as leverage to make the next set of The Manitoba Lottery Corporation were also keen to get the money contracts less generous for the tracks, in April 2005 signed a five-year slots represented. it will still be restrained by the same agreement with the Manitoba Jockey The tracks therefore joined with set of circumstances which caused it Club whereby MLC will each year governments to argue that slot play- to go to the tracks in the first place. -Page 2 Canadian GAMING News - Ajax Raceway Opens Racino in Macau In this industry as in others it is not unusual for an executive to be here today and gone tomorrow. So it was with Barry Robertson who, up until Corporation purchased Casino Halifax and Casino Syd- ney, was Vice President and Gen- eral Manager for each. Bany dis- appeared at the time of this trans- action with some, including our- selves, wondering where he had gone. Good news arrived in the form of a note from Barry wherein he indi- cates that he has accepted a senior Above: Local dignitaries cut the ribbon with Larry Flynn, Senior Vice position, that of Senior Vice Presi- President Gaming, Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (to the left of the dent of Finance, with the Ve- lady in the middle), officiating. netian Casino in Macau. Ontario's 17th racino opened February 28 at Ajax Downs in the City of Congratulations Barry Ajax. Ajax is an extension of the City of Toronto and heavily populated in \ and all the best! / the vicinity of the track. Perhaps anticipating that its floor may become crowded in the future, the track opened with 200 slots and a wall at the east that track. While slots have obviously end of its gaming floor which has been designed to be easily removed to helped to make this possible and will enlarge the floor and add slots. do much to ensure its continued vi- Built at a cost of $52.4 million, including services, Ajax Racetrack Slots is ability, Woodbine will be able to ar- an attractive facility with tasteful use made of wood, stone and colour. gue that it has used its slot profits to Upon entering one finds food & beverages services straight ahead as well as bring extra value to its industry. the entrance to the yet to be completed grandstand. To the left is a simul- On the other hand we consider Flam- cast area with monitors, desks, comfortable seats, and Autotote machines boro Downs near Hamilton. This manufactured by ScientiJic Games. To one's right is the gaming floor. track was rumoured to be marginally Great Blue Heron Charity Casino is in closest proximity to the track though profitable prior to opening its 752- sufficiently far away that we do not expect either property to impact atten- slot gaming floor in October 2000. In dance at the other. June 2002 Magna Entertainment bought it for $47 million and, in Octo- This will be an interesting debate. A better approach from our vei ber 2005 flipped it to Great Cana- ... dian Gaming for $79 million. While The Ontario Horse Industry Asso- spective whd be for 0ntdo's tracks, and those of British Colum- someone is obviously making money ciation (OHRIA) represents all seg- here, we fail to see how this activity is ments of the Ontario horse racing in- bia, QuCbec and elsewhere, to argue not to their continued dependency adding value to this track or to the dustry with the exception of Windsor Ontario horse racing industry. Raceway, Dresden, and Woodstock on slots, but to what they have been racetracks, the latter also owned by able to achieve because of slots. We are told that governments do not Windsor Raceway. And if they cannot to do this we care what the tracks do so long as would suggest it time that they got they get their slot money. This may OHRIA has argued that the slot initia- moving. The taxpayer wants some- be true though it is hardly an argu- tive has strengthened its industry and thing back for hislher investment. ment to keep governments from want- its purses and that both would decline Although we do not presume to ing a greater split of racino profits in drastically if slot revenue were cut the next contracts. back. To this one could answer that if know what all the tracks are doing, this is indeed true then the slot initia- we would point to two contrasts. To keep the money they already get tive would appear to have been a fail- Woodbine Entertainment is build- from slots the tracks are going to have ure since it was, theoretically at least, ing a $300 million entertainment to show that it is to the government's brought in to bring self-sustainability complex which will bring new jobs, advantage to leave it there and that's back to the tracks. new activity, and more revenue to what some of the tracks need to start thinking about.

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/ \ February 2. Ca- Aristocrat sino Halifax al- 5th Annual ready had 6 poker Alberta Conference on Technologies Inc. tables. That ca- Gambling Research sino's Governor's April 21, 22, 2006 Grill dining area Banff Centre, BanJgj Alberta has now been con- verted to a larger This international conference will feature presenta- poker room which tions from prominent economists and social scien- opened February tists who have studied the social and economic 17 with 8 tables - impacts of gambling. It has three themes: there is sufficient capacity for 10 1) METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES associated with tables if there is CostBenefit Analyses (e.g. difficulties in quantify- sufficient demand. ing social costs; degree to which impacts are spe- Ron Bar-Yoseph cific to the form of gambling). Poker regulations have Ron Bar-Yoseph has joined Aris- also been amended to 2) JURISDICTIONAL STUDIES OF COSTS/ tocrat Technologies' sales team as permit one supervisor BENEFITS that have been done from around the Senior Account Executive-Eastern for every six tables. world (e.g. Canada, U.S., Australia). Canada. In this capacity he will Previous regulations 3) IMPACTS ON SPECIFIC SECTORS (e.g. oversee company sales in Mani- required one supervi- Aboriginals, Government, Societal values, Individ- toba, Quebec, Ontario and the sor for each two ta- ual Communities, Non-Profit Sector, Crime). Maritimes. bles. This conference will be of interest to government A 12 year industry veteran, Mr. The government says regulators, commercial gambling operators, econo- Bar-Yoseph was, for two years TIT0 and MDS sup- mists, social scientists, treatment providers, and prior to joining Aristocrat, an ac- port its goal of en- gambling researchers. count executive with IGT with hancing its responsible responsibility for developing gambling programmes For more information: business in Ontario, Quebec, Nova and tools. abgaminginstitute. ualberta.ca/2006conference. cfm Scotia, New Brunswick, New- foundland and Prince Edward Is- TITO, for example, land. will allow responsible gambling messages to Prior to joining IGT Mr. Bar- be printed on every ticket and will four continuous pours of concrete Yoseph held sales positions with allow gamblers to take more fre- were completed. Technical Casino Supplies Ltd, quent breaks. The addition of this The first and largest of the four pre- Paul-Son Gaming Supplies, and new technology follows the open- sented a significant logistical chal- Casino Amusements Canada. ing of Casino Halifax's Responsible lenge. It continued 24 hours nonstop Gambling Resource Centre in Octo- and saw 35 trucks with 70 drivers de- be purchased to replace older ma- ber 2005. liver 500 truck loads, or 4,000 cubic chines which will not be con- The government has also approved meters of concrete to the construction verted. The government says this the financing arrangement for a site. The concrete was used to build will lay the foundation for the capital improvement plan that will a 2 meter high foundation and foot- piloting of card-based responsible see Great Canadian Gaming Cor- ings for the casino's new 22-story gambling devices and social re- poration, the operator of both casi- hotel tower. One truck was unloaded sponsible initiatives, nos, spend $22 million on new re- every four minutes. multi-denominational slots sponsible gambling technologies, The remaining three pours where half (MDS) will allow players to se- improved security and surveillance the size of the first with each lasting lect specific denominations from systems, new slot machines, and 12 hours. as low as $0.01 to $1.00 or more. enhanced food services and enter- The project, which remains on sched- Current maximum bet levels at tainment. ule, is to be completed by the end of the casinos will not be increased 2007. Key features of the expansion by this change, Windsor include the 400-room hotel tower, a additional poker tables will be construction 5,000-seat auditoriurnltheatre, and permitted at both casinos. Casino 100,000 sq ft of convention space. Sydney at one point had two Work is progressing on the $400 Windsor's current complex is also poker tables which were then re- million addition to Casino Win- undergoing extensive renovations moved. They were reintroduced dsor. During January and February with the addition of six bus bays, the -Page 10 Canadian GAMING News - / loyalty points 10th Annual \ were the equiva- lent of cash and ~ ~ $- 8 3'. 6ANNUAL ~ - Canadian that patrons, by Gaming Summit redeeming their CANADIAN GAMING & Exhibition points, were in EDUCATION FORUM 2006 essence purchas- Presents accredited training from UNR I UNLV to Vancouver Convention Centre ing the tobacco Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. products in con- April 25-27,2006 formity with the Session A - May 15 & 16 Act. Casino Auditing Level l(2 days) (Jim Fox, C.I.A. C.F E.) Canadian Gaming Last summer a Continuing Professional Education Credits for CIA 's. judge agreed Industry Awards Session B - May 15 to 18 with FMC and Crisis Management for the Gaming Industry Dinner ruled that re- May 15 & 16 (2-days) ward points (Dr. Larry Barton) River Rock Casino Resort were 'akin to Identifying & Preventing Cheating in the April 27,2006 cash'. The fed- Slot Operation May 17 eral government (~ichaelCrurnp) closure of the casino's Showtime appealed and, in Slot Revenue Analysis "From Drop to Financial Statement" May 18 Lounge which will be transformed mid-February, (Sue Johnson, c P.A.) into a high-end sports lounge to open three judges of Earn credit hours toward UNR's - this summer, and the recent opening the Federal Gaming Management Certificate Program. of the first completed phase of the Court of Appeal ruled unani- Networking, Breakfast & Lunch included. project, the 650-seat Market Buffet on Dinner Presentation - May 15. the casino's lower level. mously that the Sue Bell lower court MAITOBA ~~~.di~~~~~i~~ 204-985-0483 or e-mail Super Bowl judge had erred c,M,.e 0, CXCCCLGWC- COflPORATION and that the ca- ,..,.,,,.,, ,,.,,,,,., [email protected] weekend sinos' actions do As football fans already know, this contravene the year's February 3 to 5 Super Bowl Act. FMC will not appeal. Quest for Gold was held in Detroit arid across the river from Casino Windsor. AC Coin instant tickets Sensing a great opportunity to market launches product The Ontario Lottery & Gaming itself, the casino ran advertising Corporation has launched a Quest which included 14 'Space Cannon' In December AC Coin and Slot For Gold Instant Ticket lottery which strobe lights which shot 7,000 watt debuted its new slot game, The Big offers players the chance to win one beams into the sky. The casino says Game Show Bonus in the Ontario of ten top prizes of $1 million. market. The New Jersey-based that on the Saturday it had 30,000 All proceeds from the sale of tickets visitors which compares to 25,000 on company says it is the first gaming manufacturer ever to bring market will be used to support Ontario's ama- New Year's Eve and 15,000 on an launch exclusivity to Ontario. teur athletes and promote ACTIVE average February Saturday evening. 2010, Ontario's sport and physical The Big Game Show Bonus puts a fitness strategy. Niagara's cigarette whole new spin on AC Coin's ever- popular Slotto bonus game. This initiative has the endorsement of comps Adam van Koeverden, Athens Olym- With three IGT pay tables and three pic Gold Medalist and son of Joe van We wrote in late 2004 of the federal unique designs to choose from, Koeverden, former President & CEO, Department of Health having told Ca- there is a version of this 3-reel S- Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation. 2000 game to fit any casino. sino Niagara and Niagara Fallsview Revenues from this lottery, which will Casino Resort that their practice of This game will be offered exclu- run from mid January until mid-April comping tobacco products contra- sively in the Ontario market during and bring in an estimated $3 million, vened the Tobacco Act which says the first quarter of 2006. Games will be used for: direct athlete assis- that a retailer cannot '. . . furnish a have now been placed on gaming tance, enhanced coaching, and train- tobacco product without monetary floors at Casino Niagara, Niagara ing. It is expected this lottery will be consideration'. Fall Management Fallsview Casino Resort, and Hia- offered twice more and bring in a to- Company which operates both casi- watha Horse Park in Samia. tal of about $12 million. nos had objected claiming that player- -Canadian GAMING News Page 11 - year-earlier quar- Canadian Gaming ter. Net profit was up 54%, to Stocks $5.8 million from $3.8 mil- Name Feb % lion during 44 28 2004. Foodservice, Franchise & Hospitality Consultants Earnings per Chartwell Tech 4.88 +32 Inc. (CWH) 2 share for the Make more from your quarter were Creation Casinos 0.55 -34 $0.43 as com- foodservice operations! Inc. 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Magna 7.45 -10 Magna Enter- Entertainment tainment an- (MEC.SV.A) I nounced Q$ earnings March 1. additions and enhancements to its Las Vegas From 0.37 nlc Gross revenue was down slightly, existing software suite which the Home.com(LVH) 2 to $126.97 million from 131.60 mil- company says is already the most lion during the year-earlier period. popular Internet bingo technology in Where traded: Net profit for the 2005 quarter was the world. 1) TSX 2) TSX Venture 3) NASDAQ- a loss of $39.73 million as com- On February 8 Parlay also announced over-the-counter 4) see www.cnq.ca pared to a loss of $40.93 million in that Lycos Europe has joined the symbol CSNO 44 2004. Earnings per share were Bingo.co.uk platform and will be us- a loss of $0.37 for 44 2005 as com- ing Parlay's bingo technology. February was a mixed month for the pared to a loss of $0.38 during 44, Parlay also announced February 22 companies we follow. 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Net profit $314,888 in 44 2004. based bookmaker, has selected and showed a loss of $521,000, or - launched its flash based casino to $0.01 per share as compared with a Ceases complement its online business. loss of $814,000, or -$0.03 per operation Stan James is currently ranked in the share in 44 2004 top 20 online Sportsbooks and Race- Oakville-based Parlay Entertain- Vancouver-based Creation Casinos books according to industry source ment announced, February 6, the announced February 27 that it has Casino City Press. release of Parlay 4, the company's ceased operations at its Grand Casino latest version of its award-winning World gaming complex in Vilnius, CryptoLogic announced its Q4 earn- Lithuania. ings February 16. For the quarter, online bingo product. gross revenue was up 40% to $25.1 This new release includes many Creation and UAB Grand Casino million from $17.9 million during the International have been in an ongo- -Page 12 Canadian GAMING News - age would better / \ OLGC and David Foster operate as one, Women's Poker however, the two announce Gala sides have not been Classic able to negotiate an An Esquimalt woman took top amicable separa- honours and won $22,680 to be- tion. come Canada's first ever Woman's Creation went to Poker Classic Champion. court asking for a The winner outplayed 249 other series of rulings women to nab the top prize after which would settle about five hours of play in a the dispute. How- $75,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em ever, on January 3, tournament. The tournament was 2006 UAB Grand hosted by the British Columbia Casino filed a Lottery Corporation and held at counterclaim Cascades Casino in the City of against Creation. Langley February 19. As this dispute has had a direct and Cascades made a $25,000 donation The Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation and continuing nega- ($50 for each registered partici- the David Foster Foundation held a lavish launch to tive impact on op- pant) and Treasure Cove Casino announce that former Victoria resident and 14-time erations, Creation & Hotel a $5,000 donation, for a Grammy Award winner David Foster will present decided to cease total of $30,000 to the Canadian David Foster and Friends, a star-studded charity gala operations in Breast Cancer Foundation, British at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort Saturday, Sep- Lithuania until the Columbia/Yukon Chapter. tember 16, 2006. arbitration is con- cluded. Internationally acclaimed singer Andrea Bocelli will players' behaviour and appropriate headline this unique event with additional performers Creation says that interaction. to be announced in coming months. it intends to shift All profit, estimated to exceed $3 million, will go to its focus and re- Halifax-based Focal Research as- sisted with an analysis of player club the David Foster Foundation which was established in sources to take 1986 to help pay for non-medical expenses for families advantage of op- data and risk patterns of play. with children who require organ transplants. portunities cur- rently available in Aristocrat A similar Gala held at River Rock Casino Resort last year raised $2.8 million. River Rock will host a sec- North America. files ond Gala this September to be headlined by singer Mi- chael Buble. New lawsuit 150 tables of eight will be sold at Niagara Fallsview at addiction Aristocrat Technologies has served a $25,000 per table. Each table comes with four hotel patent infringement lawsuit against rooms. initiative International Game Technology (IGT) in the U.S. District Court of ing dispute. Creation Casino an- iView Systems and the Saskatche- Nevada. nounced October 27 that a wholly- wan Gaming Corporation have Aristocrat's lawsuit contends that IGT owned subsidiary had filed for arbi- jointly developed a new approach to has willfully infringed on its U.S. Pat- tration against UAB Grand Casino responsible gaming. An approach ent 6,093,102 for its Reel Power International, its Lithuanian business which they say overcomes the limi- video slot technology, what it says is partner. Creation Casinos, through a tations of current responsible gam- an unique style of game in which subsidiary, owns and operates the Vil- ing practices. players purchase reels rather than nius casino with UAB Grand Casino The programme gives casinos the lines, enabling 243 different winning owning and operating the casino's ability to: combinations. two restaurants and one night club. 1) identify players at risk through The lawsuit seeks unspecified mone- We wonder what prompted this un- an analysis of their player club card tary damages arising from what it usual arrangement? activity, and, says is IGT's unauthorized use of the After two years of operation, Creation patent technology in its Multiway, or and UAB Grand Casino agreed that 2) notifies operators when players are in the casino, and provides ca- 243 Ways to Win'video slot games. the casino and UAB's food & bever- sino staff with information about

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Alberta I I British Columbia 19 casinos Feb 453 -0.17 Casino de Montreal Montreal I Dec 1 121 -1.24 Casino de Charlevoix Pte-au-Pic I Dec 1 24 +20.28 Casino du Lac-Leamy -4.40 Casino Windsor -5.02 Casino Rama Orillia -1.26 Casinos Niagara ** Niagara Sept 215 +3.01 Brantford Casino Brantford 1 1 i55 +1.24 Great Blue Heron Casina Port Perry +4.01 (slot operations only) Point Edward Casino +7.44 Edward Sault Ste. Marie Casino Sault. Ste. Marie Thousand Islands Gananoque I Sept 1 22 Thunder Bay Casino Thunder I Sept I I5 I I Club Regent Casino Winnipeg Jan 32 McPhillips Street Winnipeg I Jan 1 29 Station Casino Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority Battleford Prince

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