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Minnesota's charitable gambling receipts decline
Thursday July 29th, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Donations to Minnesota charities through
pulltab and bingo games are at the lowest level in more than 20
years.
Gross receipts for the state's charitable gambling industry
dropped from $1.2 billion in 1989 to $998 million last year.
Allied Charities of Minnesota says $43 million was donated to
charities through gambling in 2009, down from $101 million in 1989.
Allied Charities executive director King Wilson tells the Star
Tribune the decline could be attributed, in part, to a limited
number of low-tech games. Wilson wants to see electronic bingo and
hand-held video devices that might attract younger players.
