Local View: Charities' pull-tab proceeds under attack in St. Paul
From the column: "(A proposed) bill would mean e-gaming in its current form would be illegal across the entire state of Minnesota."
Written By:
Steve Biondich |
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Spent pull tabs litter the bar at Foster's Sports Bar and Grill in Hermantown in March 2009. Pull-tab sales help support charitable efforts in Duluth and around Minnesota. (2009 News Tribune file photo)
Minnesota’s charities, bars, and restaurants are under attack.
Sen. Tom Bakk, I-Cook, is leading a charge at the state Capitol this session to eliminate electronic pull tabs and the essential funding their sales provide to our state’s local charities, bars, and restaurants. Local veterans’ groups and youth sports now rely on proceeds from electronic pull tabs (or e-tabs) and linked bingo to fulfill their missions.