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Hearings are expected to wrap up today, said MCK Chief Tonya Perron. &#8220;There isn&#8217;t much to say right now,&#8221; Perron said Tuesday evening after the first day of hearings. &#8220;We&#8217;ll know more on Friday after everything is finished.&#8221; The MCK&#8217;s lawyers were challenging the legality and constitutionality of Ontario&#8217;s move to allow online gaming, primarily because the government is not conducting and managing gaming itself. 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The MCK chief on hand in Toronto to observe said there will be more to report after lawyers from the Ontario provincial government made their case yesterday. Hearings are expected to wrap up today, said MCK Chief Tonya Perron. &#8220;There isn&#8217;t much to say right now,&#8221; Perron said Tuesday evening after the first day of hearings. &#8220;We&#8217;ll know more on Friday after everything is finished.&#8221; The MCK&#8217;s lawyers were challenging the legality and constitutionality of Ontario&#8217;s move to allow online gaming, primarily because the government is not conducting and managing gaming itself. 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