SF 702/HF 1485, Allied Charities Of
Minnesota’s 2011 Charitable Gambling Bill as
introduced primarily does 2 things:
1. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES CHARITABLE GAMBLING
TAXES (a minimum of 41%). Bingo, Raffle, &
Paddlewheel Tax rate changed from 8.5% to 5%;
Pull-Tab & Tipboard Tax rate changed from 1.7% to
1%; Combined Receipts Tax rates changed from 1.7%,
3.4%, 5.1% to 1%, 2%, & 3% & brackets changed from
$500,000-$700,000, $700,000-$900,000, & $900,000+ to
$600,000-$800,000, $800,000-$1,000,000, &
$1,000,000+; & Combined Receipts Tax changed to
individual site-by-site basis.
2. MODERNIZES OUR CURRENT GAMES WITHIN OUR
CURRENT STRUCTURE TO ALLOW CHARITABLE GAMBLING
ORGANIZATIONS TO SURVIVE & THRIVE IN THE YEARS
AHEAD. Electronic linked bingo and electronic
pull-tabs are authorized.
