The Toronto city council has approved the addition of a casino at the Woodbine Racetrack.

The council, in a meeting on Wednesday, voted 25-19 in favor of the expansion of the racetrack, which already features as many as 2,700 slot machines. The council considered the number of jobs that the Woodbine casino would create as well as other benefits from the property. They also paid attention to the negative effects the expansion might have on Toronto and its residents.

Toronto Mayor John Tory commented that the council had voted for the creation of more jobs for residents. Yet the officials said concerns about gambling addicts and people with problem gambling behavior would be paid due attention.

“My support for taking this proposition to the next stage does, however, arise out of a profound determination that I have to see more jobs become available in the northwest corner of the city, an area that has been starved for jobs and opportunity for a long, long time,” said Tory.