20-Oct-06. Racing official wants to compete on level field. Globe and Mail, S4.

David Willmot, the chairman and chief executive officer of Woodbine Entertainment Group has told the Ontario government that they should either throw the field wide open for the domestic industry to participate or enact legislation that handicaps foreign-based online gambling operators. Proposed legislation before the Ontario legislature would ban advertising for online gambling operations. Government Services Minister Gerry Phillips said on Wednesday that both the study warning about youth gambling activities and a fall in horse race track revenues had influenced the proposed legislation.