Prime time to legalize sports betting as Ontario revenue source - Toronto Star

It's clear tourism in Ontario faces major challenges, one reason Greg Sorbara was tabbed to run another study to confirm what seems readily apparent. Both Sorbara and tourism minister Peter Fonseca this week made speeches about Ontario needing to offer something new and exciting to draw travellers.

So here's the answer: sports gambling done properly. Seriously.

Get the feds to change the criminal code as it relates to single-game betting and let it rip across the country. Build large, Las Vegas-style race and sports books, the way the biggest casinos on the LV Strip have them – and where the amount of money bet is beginning to rival that taken in at the tables.

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