LINCOLN – Tax Commissioner Doug Ewald reported today that total dollars wagered on charitable gaming activities for April through June 2012 were $60.8 million, which is 8.02% less than the previous quarter, when $66.1 million was wagered.

January-March 2012

• Keno

$50.8 million

$54.5 million

• Pickle Cards

6.8 million

7.7 million

• Bingo

1.8 million

2.1 million

• Lottery/Raffle

1.4 million

1.8 million

Tax Receipts. Tax receipts were $1.26 million, which is 8.7% less than the previous quarter when $1.38 million was received.

• Keno

$1.02 million

$1.10 million

• Pickle Cards

.16 million

.19 million

• Bingo

.05 million

.06 million

• Lottery/Raffle

.03 million

.03 million

$1.38 million

 

CHARITABLE GAMING FISCAL YEAR (FY) ACTIVITY
July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

FY 2011-2012 Dollars Wagered. Total dollars wagered on charitable gaming activities for FY 2011-2012 were $247.3 million, which is 2.82% more than in FY 2010-2011 when $240.5 million was wagered.

• Keno

$203.8 million

$195.8 million

• Pickle Cards

28.5 million

28.8 million

• Bingo

8.1 million

8.9 million

• Lottery/Raffle

6.9 million

7.0 million

FY 2010-2011

• Keno

$4.08 million

$3.90 million

• Pickle Cards

.69 million

.70 million

• Bingo

.24 million

.26 million

• Lottery/Raffle

.14 million

.14 million

FY 2011-2012 License and Registration Fees. License and registration fees collected from charitable gaming activities in FY 2011-2012 were $335,000 compared to $185,000 collected in FY 2010-2011. The increased collection is attributable to county, city, village, and lottery operator biennial license renewals for keno, which became due during the fiscal year.