{"id":166078,"date":"2021-03-02T15:18:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=166078"},"modified":"2021-03-02T16:27:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:27:57","slug":"canadian-newspaper-group-plans-online-casino-to-fund-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/canadian-newspaper-group-plans-online-casino-to-fund-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Newspaper Group Plans Online Casino to Fund Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">A newspaper company that owns the storied <em>Toronto Star<\/em> hopes to launch an online betting brand with casino games and sports wagering.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_166082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166082\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-166082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Toronto-Star-Sign-142x107.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Star Sports Betting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Toronto-Star-Sign-142x107.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Toronto-Star-Sign-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Toronto-Star-Sign.jpg 948w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-166082\"class=\"text-description\">A person walks past a <em>Toronto Star<\/em> newspaper box in front at the <em>Star&#8217;s<\/em> offices. The company that owns the <em>Star<\/em> plans to start an online casino to fund its news reporting. (Image: <em>North County Public Radio<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Torstar Corp., owned by investment company Nordstar, is venturing into online gaming to help fund its journalism, according to the <em>Canadian Broadcast Corp<\/em>. In addition to the <i>Toronto Star<\/i>, Torstar owns the <i>Hamilton Spectator <\/i>and other newspapers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Since its founding in 1892, the <i>Toronto Star<\/i> has focused in part \u201con advancing progressive causes, such as worker protections, civil liberties, and other social justice issues,\u201d the <em>CBC<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Online gambling will be helpful in financing these journalistic efforts, the company\u2019s owners said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Doing this as part of Torstar will help support the growth and expansion of quality, community-based journalism,&#8221; co-owner Paul Rivett said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Government data shows Ontario residents\u00a0spend $500 million a year on online gambling on websites outside Canada, according to Torstar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;We want to ensure the new marketplace is well represented with a Canadian, Ontario-based gaming brand, so that more of our players&#8217; entertainment dollars stay in our province,&#8221; Rivett said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A gaming industry consultant said it&#8217;s not clear how much revenue the online casino will bring in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;We don&#8217;t know how big the market is going to be in Ontario yet, because it will depend on the consultation process within government, which is about to happen in the next couple of months,&#8221; consultant Jim Warren told the <i>Canadian Press<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to the <i>CBC<\/i>, only the Ontario\u00a0government is licensed to conduct\u00a0online gambling. However, the province at some point this year will allow companies to participate. Torstar\u2019s online effort requires approval from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Objectivity Called Into Question<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The company\u2019s move into online gaming raises concerns among those who question whether the newspapers can maintain objectivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tom Muench, a public official in Richmond Hill, Ont., told <i>CBC News<\/i> he wonders whether the Torstar chain, in trying to say afloat, might be financially tied to an outside business. Richmond Hill is about 35 minutes north of downtown Toronto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201dI think it&#8217;s fair to say that if a casino was to pop up in communities, say, six months ago, many local Torstar-owned papers would write a concerned local story,&#8221; he told <i>CBC News<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Muench also questioned how the papers would cover any other businesses jumping into online gaming.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;If the federal government propped up the media with government tax dollars and now with casinos, how do we assure a strong independent news and media industry?&#8221;\u00a0he asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <i>Toronto Star<\/i> and other news outlets have been active in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ontario-police-smash-ndrangheta-crime-clan-that-laundered-millions\/\">covering gambling and organized crime<\/a> in the country. This coverage has included Mafia involvement in vice rackets, such as illegal gaming. <i>Casino.org<\/i><i> <\/i>also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/busted-illegal-gambling-rings-uncovered-in-nyc-ohio-canada\/\">covers these issues<\/a> in Canada.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Hemingway\u2019s Newspaper<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <i>Toronto Star<\/i>\u2019s crime coverage included work in earlier years by Ernest Hemingway. After returning from Italy, where he was wounded during World War I, Hemingway became a reporter at the <i>Toronto Star<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Before going to the war as a teenage Red Cross ambulance driver, he had been a reporter at the <i>Kanas City Star<\/i> for about six months. At both newspapers, Hemingway covered crime, including, in Toronto, bootleggers smuggling illegal liquor into the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Later, living in Paris, Hemingway served as a European correspondent for the <i>Toronto Star. <\/i>He did this while working on fiction that would earn him international acclaim in his mid-20s. He later won the Nobel Prize in Literature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newspaper company that owns the storied Toronto Star hopes to launch an online betting brand with casino games and sports wagering.\u00a0 Torstar Corp., owned by investment company Nordstar, is venturing into online gaming to help fund its journalism, according to the Canadian Broadcast Corp. 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