The local horse racing community is being shut out of the province-wide industry according to the Lakeshore Horse Racing Association.
They've been trying to negotiate a new deal with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission.
While several other tracks have been handed lucrative, long-term contract the local group is being offered status quo.
The group held a news conference at a Woodlsee horse farm to make the point they just want a fair share of the funds.
They were joined by retired nation CAW President Ken Lewenza, who says the horse industry needs to be supported.
"It's just about fairness, lets just go back to why gaming was introduced," asked Lewenza " Number one to start another industry a very important industry and the province has made a lot of money. But it was also supposed to strengthen the horse industry. And Windsor and Essex have been left out of strengthening the horse industry"
Lakeshore Association member Tom Bain says the industry is being run by the Woodbine Entertainment Group board.
"The small tracks have no representation on the board whatsoever, we've tried to put a member on there knowing that with an eleven or 12 member board, those decisions are made. The way it is now we don't even know what decisions they make. We begged for one member on the board"
Local horse trainer and racer Mark Williams says the situation is unfair.
"The Ontario Harness Horseman of which I'm a Director, for all of southern Ontario we have no-one and we represent vastly more horsemen than any other group in Ontario and we have no-one sitting on that board"
Bain says he's reached out to Chatham-Kent-Leamington government MPP Rick Nicholls for support, but hasn't heard back recently.
The PC's promised to return Slots at Racetracks when they came to power, but that hasn't happened at the Leamington Racetrack.
Bain points out the purse for the Leamington races is only half what it is at the raceways in Londonandt around the Greater Toronto area.