The charity casino at the Canadian National Exhibition, the country’s largest summer fair, has been hit with close to $200,000 in fines for violating federal anti-money laundering and terrorism financing laws.
The CNE Casino runs in tandem with the CNE, which opened Friday, but it is not all fun and games at Toronto’s Exhibition Place — the casino is denying and appealing violations and fines imposed by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (Fintrac), the federal money laundering watchdog.
The casino is a temporary, not-for-profit gambling facility that has been a part of the sprawling CNE since 1991 — alongside the amusement park rides, exotic food stands, live music and agricultural displays.
