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"I think they will draw some business away from us, but that's the way gam- ingis," said the Chief. "This is a provincial affair and we're Just glad that we were given an opportunity to establish our clientele first. It'll hurt a bit, but we'll be fine." Applications for casino NI» STAN = J "Monte Carlo" casinos which blanket most of southern Ontario. There were over 4,200 permits handed out for temporary charity casinos, which op- erate for three days at a time. According to Ab Campi- on, the Director of Com- munications for the Minis- try of Consumer and Commercial Relations, charities which received money from these events were not pleased with the fundraising power of the temporary sites. "With 4,200 casinos, at three days apiece, there was roughly a total of 12,000 playing days. And they only handed over $10 million to the charities, who were unhappy about that," he said. "The new casinos will be easier to monitor and reg- ulate and are expected to generate close to $180 mil- lion for various charities. licenses will be accepted until April 25. After that two committees will care- fully evaluate potential owners and operators and make the necessary deci- sions. The cities or towns slat- ed to host the casinos were chosen after market re- search was conducted for the Gaming Control Com- mission. The decision to erect permanent charity casi- nos is part of a plan to phase out the roving That's 18 times the amount they we giving back before." Mr. Campion said that while there will be 17 mini-casinos in the Great- er Toronto Area alone, market research confirms that the area will be able to sustain that many facil- ities in such close proximi- ty to one another. Ontario is the ninth province to approve the use of VLTs, and now is in competition with Quebec, Manitoba and New York State for customers. 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