Most all the articles on charitable gaming acknowledge that charitable gaming is down:
Charitable Gambling Continues Its Steady Decline
MinnPost - We love our lottery, but charitable gambling and horse-race betting down in Minnesota
Session Daily - produced by nonpartisan Public Information Services = Lottery up, other gambling down
There is only speculation on why there has been this decline and most articles ask a couple of people for their opinions which are biased and data can only be ranked statistically as a poor sample of the population. I would like to see some research with some empirical data that shows the reasons for this decline. It's not just charitable gaming in Minnesota that is down. I have seen articles from other states whose revenues from charitable gaming has declined as well.
Both articles say that adding a racino would help. Seems to me, adding a racino wouldn't at all help charities who need and depend on charitable gaming. Some say that electronic pulltabs and electronic bingo would provide more flair and rejuvenate charitable gaming. What do you think?
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