Dear Neighbor,
Reports issued this week show charitable gambling is up in Minnesota – with Anoka County playing a significant role. Congratulations to all the hardworking local volunteers for being very active with our charities.
The Star Tribune says gross revenue is up for the third-straight year – 8.6-percent this fiscal year – after decades of declining numbers. The paper indicates Anoka County showed a 14-percent spike in 2013, with its $101 million in receipts adding up to $300 per man, woman and child in the county.
The same article reports 90 percent of the statewide charitable gaming revenue comes from paper pulltabs, which are in resurgence among young players. On the other hand, electronic pulltabs are still not coming anywhere close to meeting the pie-in-the-sky projections we received before they were unveiled.
Here is a link to the full article: http://www.startribune.com/local/north/235166491.html
On a separate gaming note, the Minnesota State Lottery typically sends me annual lottery totals specific to our legislative district soon after the New Year. I will pass that along after I receive the 2013 figures.
Sincerely,
Tom