Should We Give Bingo Halls a Tax Break

If a smoking ban has had the effect of cutting attendance in bingo halls operated by charitable organizations and they are forced to close down the gaming operations, it will be unfortunate. The earnings from bingo contribute a great deal to the budgets of several organizations that fulfill many genuinely important roles in North Dakota. It's not that the Legislature singled out their charitable gaming operations when the smoking ban was ordered.

It may be a hard-nosed position to take, considering that the North Dakota Association for the Disabled, one of the organizations, has had to eliminate its medical equipment budget, among other cuts or freezes on spending. But when the association put itself into the situation of depending on gambling for 70 percent of its revenue, it accepted that there could be an associated risk, should any law affect gambling or the business angle of the enterprise. Jobs have been lost in another organization, the Plains Art Museum. Budget items have been cut in the outfits that rely on bucks from bingo.

June 12, 2006
Posted By Hector Rodriquez
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