{"id":18331,"date":"2017-09-13T16:22:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=18331"},"modified":"2017-09-13T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T20:22:34","slug":"seniors-hope-to-get-bingo-back-on-track-after-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/seniors-hope-to-get-bingo-back-on-track-after-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors hope to get bingo back on track after shut-down"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members of the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre are hoping to have their regular bingo games back up and running soon after receiving a notice from the Town.
\nLate last month, the Town of Aurora received a complaint from at least two members of the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre complaining about unlicensed gaming going on within its walls.
\nThey received a notice from Al Downey, Aurora\u2019s Manager of Parks and Recreation, shortly thereafter advising Carol Hedenberg, President of the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Association that these games had to be shut down immediately.
\n\u201cIt has been brought to the Town\u2019s attention that the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Association and\/or its members have allegedly engaged in gaming activities at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre, which may be contrary to the Canadian Criminal Code,\u201d wrote Mr. Downey in a letter headed with \u201cRe: Illegal Activities at the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre.\u201d
\nThe letter outlines the relevant sections of the Criminal Code as well as Provincial standards which clearly state that such activities are allowed at seniors\u2019 residences. Yet, it is silent on the issue of Seniors\u2019 Centres.
\n\u201cThe gaming activities reported to the Town include wagering money for bingo, poker, bid euchre, and bridge without the required license pursuant to the requirements of the Alcohol & Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO),\u201d the letter continues. \u201cThis letter serves as notice that, effective immediately, the ASA (Aurora Seniors\u2019 Association) and its members must cease and desist from any such activity and\/or violation of the AGCO requirements and the code. Conducting illegal activities in the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre is a contravention of the terms and conditions of the ASA Lease Agreement with the Town.\u201d
\nThe notice was met with an angry response by some members who had been regular participants in the bingo games and objected to the shut-down citing passages in legislation which permit such activities to take place in seniors\u2019 residents.
\nNevertheless, Mr. Downey advised the ASA that they can submit an application for a lottery license to the Town to get these games back up and running again.
\nThey have been doing just that, receiving an assist from the Town.
\nMs. Hedenberg told The Auroran on Friday that the final applications would be submitted to the Town this week to restore the games but did not venture a guess on when the issue might be resolved.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re working directly with the Town to get licenses where we can and we\u2019ll go from there,\u201d she said. \u201cThere were several complaints and that is the only reason the Town got involved. I talked to the Government and it is not allowed at a Seniors\u2019 Centre. A home is a different story. Where there are beds you can get away with a lot of things. You don\u2019t need licenses for movies and you don\u2019t need licences for [other activities] because it is a home. It is your private home, even if it is a residence for a lot of people.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s up to the Town now.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Members of the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre are hoping to have their regular bingo games back up and running soon after receiving a notice from the Town.
\nLate last month, the Town of Aurora received a complaint from at least two members of the Aurora Seniors\u2019 Centre complaining about unlicensed gaming going on within its walls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-4LF","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 13:29:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}