North Bay debates gambling.The social and economic impacts of a horseracing and gaming facility will be debated by North Bay city council at its Jan. 24 meeting. Don Fudge's proposal to build a $15-million racing and slots attraction in the city's east end will be on the agenda. Fudge, a North Bay businessman, heads an investors group known as Nipissing Nip·is·sing , Lake A lake of southeast Ontario, Canada, between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Entertainment, with plans to build a racing venue on 102 acres of greenfield Greenfield, town (1990 pop. 18,666), seat of Franklin co., NW Mass., at the confluence of the Deerfield and Green rivers, near their junction with the Connecticut; settled 1686, set off from Deerfield and inc. 1753. property on Birch's Road and Ferris Drive. The city's planning advisory committee approved their rezoning request Dec. 15. Fudge has maintained slots are a vital component to the track's success, which can only proceed if the Ontario government lifts its moratorium A suspension of activity or an authorized period of delay or waiting. A moratorium is sometimes agreed upon by the interested parties, or it may be authorized or imposed by operation of law. on casino casino or cassino (both: kəsē`nō). 1 Card game played with a full deck by two to four players. Its origins are obscure though it probably traces back to the Italian game of Scopa. expansion. |
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