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By CJME News

More than 700 groups receive charitable gaming grants in Sask.

Jul 12, 2021 | 2:59 PM

Community groups and organizations from A to Z — from Abbey to Zenon Park — received more than $2.1 million in funding from the Saskatchewan government in the latest round of the province’s charitable gaming grant program.

More than 700 recipients across the province got grants.

The quarterly grants paid by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority are based on a percentage of net proceeds raised through licensed charitable gaming activities such as bingos, raffles, break-open tickets, Texas Hold’em Poker and Monte Carlo events.

Charitable gaming reports submitted by groups as part of their charitable gaming licence are used by SLGA to automatically calculate the amount of their grants.

“As Saskatchewan emerges from the pandemic and life returns to normal, volunteers have been eager to support important initiatives in their communities,” Jim Reiter, the minister responsible for the SLGA, said in a release.

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“These most recent charitable gaming grants will assist in those efforts and continue to help minor sports programs, local service clubs, educational endeavours and many other great services.”

Communities received grants ranging from $37.88 (for the Buchanan Club 50 Plus) to $615,912.60 (for a number of organizations in Saskatoon.