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THE CANADIAN SPORTS POOL CORPORATION CAME INTO EXISTENCE AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE BY PARLIAMENT OF THE ATHLETIC CONTESTS AND EVENTS POOLS ACT (29-20-31-32 ELIZABETH II, C.161 ASSENTED TO 29 JUNE 1983). DURING 1984 SPORTS POOL OPERATED A WEEKLY POOL ON PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL GAMES CALLED SPORT SELECT WITH A MINIMUM PRIZE POOL OF 50,000 WEEKLY. THE LAST SPORT SELECT POOL ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1984. SPORTS POOL HAD OFFICES IN 14 CANADIAN CITIES INCLUDING LONDON, ONTARIO FROM WHICH OFFICE THESE RECORDS ARE TAKEN. THESE RECORDS CONTAIN MATERIAL PERTAINING TO SPORTS POOL'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS LONDON AREA TICKET WHOLESALERS AS WELL AS MATERIAL ON PERSONNEL, PAY AND GAME ANALYSIS.
IN OCTOBER 1984, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTION TO DISSOLVE THE CANADIAN SPORTS POOL CORPORATION AND IN NOVEMBER 1984 A BILL TO THAT EFFECT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BY SPORTS MINISTER OTTO JELINEK.