A North Bay woman is worried about the negative impact of having a casino here.

Janet Zimbalatti says there are many reasons to oppose a casino and she detailed them at city council this week.

She says they include the type of casino.

She says Sudbury is getting a mega casino and it likely means North Bay will have a much smaller casino.

Other concerns include the amount of money that will be taken out of the community by Gateway and the province.

She says her biggest concern is that more than an estimated 50 per cent of the funds generated by a casino will be taken out of the community.

Also, Zimbalatti is concerned about the location of a casino.

She believes it will be in a core part of the city and not on the outskirts as some have speculated.

She says the hosting fee is also lower than originally projected from 12 % to 5 %.

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