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Mayor: Casino Rama Could Close

ONTARIO – As reported by the Orilla Today: "Casino Rama will close its doors within six years unless Ontario's First Nation communities resolve an ongoing dispute over gaming revenues, warns Ramara Township Mayor Bill Duffy.

"'If there isn't co-operation between the major players and the province, there will be an empty building there in 2011,' Duffy told Orillia Today.

"Earlier claims by Mnjikaning First Nation that the province was considering closing the casino were refuted as untrue by a representative of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

"But Duffy said a recent talk with the agency's CEO, Duncan Brown, only confirmed fears expressed by the native community northeast of Orillia…"

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