My parents were in town from Vancouver, and on the way back from dinner at my in-laws, we stopped for an hour at Flamboro Downs. It’s a nice little racetrack and slots facility out in the middle of the country. I had been there once before, and as my Dad is a horse racing enthusiast, it was also nice to visit the harness racing track he had seen on TV. We had a nice time.

Too bad OLG is planning on removing the slots license to the location, as part of a province-wide restructuring plan. Ontario has a rich tradition of horse racing (there are more horses in Ontario than in Kentucky), and the slots revenue has been a key part of that recent history. Here’s an interesting article in the Hamilton Spectator that outlines some of these issues:

http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/696942–olg-to-end-slot-deal-with-flamboro-downs