Ohio Charity Gaming Rules Outlined By Attorney General
Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro details guidelines for charity games of chance. Only winner prizes may be deducted. other revenues go to the charity. Charities must meet IRS and Ohio definitions and have two years of Ohio programming. No craps or money roulette. All operators must volunteer. Premises must be owned by the charity or leased from government or veterans or fraternal groups. Games limited to festival periods, up to four days twice a year or five days once a year. No expense deductions from game revenue. For profits providing equipment must not be paid from game revenue. Rentals must be customary and reasonable. Fraternal groups may charge the lesser of 45 percent of proceeds or $600 per festival day.
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Monica Moloney
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Jon Husted
Charitable poker laws tested by Ohio cases and guidelines
Ohio charity poker grows with tournaments across the state raising funds for churches and nonprofits. Legal lines blur as for profit firms supply gear and volunteers run games while authorities prepare stricter guidelines and enforcement questions linger.
Lebanon teens join tsunami relief effort
Seven Mile Elementary students raised nearly 200 for UNICEF as part of a district wide tsunami relief drive. Districtwide efforts at Lebanon High School brought in more than 4,500 via fundraisers across clubs, teams, and events, with a donor matching 700. The programs included classroom guidance, student councils, and multiple student activities to support victims.
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Hoelle
Kaitlyn Wright
Holden Roddy
Roddy
Seven Mile
Unicef
Edgewood
John Thomas
Thomas
Lebanon
Emily Jefferson
Berry Intermediate School
Jessica Egger
Lebanon High School
Brent Francis
Lyndsey Isaacs
Tyler Tepe
Tara Amburgy
American Red Cross International Response Fund
Tim Spinner
Disaster donations rise and fall with relief drives
Local workers at a major retailer donated about seven to eight thousand dollars to United Way but the firm organized a separate campaign for hurricane victims, leaving only about two thousand for the local United Way last year. Salvation Army kettle drives, including a 2004 holiday campaign that raised forty four to forty five thousand? (note: the original text contains uncertainties)
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United Way
Salvation Army
Maj
Doug Hart
Judy Hart
Hart
Pullara
Red Cross
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