ND Charitable Gaming News Update

Good morning, all!  Hope all is well in the charitable gaming world.

Since our last update, we continue to hear more chatter about intentions from groups that are looking to do everything they can to reduce the number of dollars and gameplay which benefit charitable gaming in ND.  Many of the resources they are collecting are coming from out of state which is greatly disturbing.  We are not going to sit back and take this lightly.  In fact, we will be well prepared to defend our industry and will more than likely be building some funds to set aside strictly for the next legislative session as it will be vitally important to be both ahead of the game and financially prepared.  We will keep you informed as we hear more and what our plans will be.

On November 18 ^th , the Gaming Advisory Committee met to discuss changes to administrative rules.  Attached you will find all the proposed changes.  We have read through these and will be expressing some concerns as these head into  public hearings  which will be held the week of January 24-28.  We will keep you posted with the exact times and location for those public hearings.  ND Gaming Alliance will be attending of course.  After the public hearings, the proposed changes go to the gaming commission the week of Feb 7-11.  They are then sent back to the Attorney General’s office for final review and then will be forwarded to Legislative Council.  If the timeline stays true, these changes would go into effect July 1 of 2022.  If anyone has any questions or concerns regarding any of these proposed changes, please reach out.  One of our biggest concerns as always is “unintended consequences” so we will be reviewing each change one by one to make sure that none of these changes will negatively impact our industry.

Although membership in the ND Gaming Alliance continues to grow, we can always use more members.  We would appreciate any referrals that any of you would be willing to give.  We have reached out to nearly every charity, veterans’ organization, manufacturer, distributor, fraternal organization and hospitality venue in the state at least once and the response has been good.  However, many of the organizations still are not members and sometimes a little push from a current member could help convince them to join our organization.  If you have good relations with another group in our industry, it would be fantastic if you could mention our organization to them and reiterate the fact that we are out there fighting for them and how important it is that we continue to grow.  We thank you in advance for your help.

As always, please reach out to us with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have.  We are here to help.  Hoping you all have a blessed Christmas and a safe New Year.  Our next update will come after the holidays unless of course, some major issues come up in the meantime.  Thank you, everyone.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PDFs:

• Raffle Info
• Poker Info
• Games of Chance

Mike Motschenbacher

ND Gaming Alliance

701-471-9014

ndgalliance@gmail.com

www.ndgamingalliance.com

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