Local charitable gambling groups to meet

Talk about it

Allied Charities of Minnesota (ACM), the statewide organization of charitable gambling groups, will host an informational meeting in Alexandria for all charitable gambling organizations in the region on Tuesday, September 30 at 7 p.m.

The meeting will be held at VFW Post 936, located at 1102 3rd Avenue East.

King Wilson, executive director of ACM, will be the featured speaker. Roger Olson, SCM vice president and Region 4 director from Hutchinson, will convene the meeting.

Dick Horn, president of ACM, said, “Non-profit organizations across the state are struggling to keep charitable gambling alive. We’re finding increasing expenses, burdensome state taxation, and the demands of state regulation are making it more difficult for our organizations to have funds necessary to donate in our communities. In addition, we are contending with the effects of a statewide smoking ban plus a bad economy.”

Horn continued, “The charitable gambling study mandated by the 2008 Legislature hopefully will present an opportunity for some relief for these community organizations.”

Additional topics for discussion will include a wrap-up of the 2008 legislative session including charitable gambling law changes, statewide smoking ban impacts, the 2009 ACM legislative program development, the 18th annual Minnesota Lawful Gambling Convention and Expo program in Duluth on November 20-22, and a general question and answer session.

The meeting is open to anyone involved or interested in charitable gambling. For more information, call Roger Olson at (320) 587-5856 or King Wilson at (651) 224-4533.

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