Approval From Exemption for a Gambling License for Rum River Chapter of the MN Deer Hunters Association.  

The attached application is from the Rum River Chapter of the MN Deer Hunters Association for exemption from a lawful gambling license to hold a fund raising raffle at the Fountains of Ramsey on March 16, 2013.

The MN Deer Hunters Association is an organization that was created in 1980 by hunters for hunters.  The organizations four main tenets are hunting, habitat, education and legislation. 

The Rum River Chapter of the MN Deer Hunters Association meets all of the requirements which allow them to remain exempt from licensing, primarily from the standpoint that commodities to be raffled are valued at less than $12,000.

Approval requires nothing more than a motion followed by a letter to the Gambling Control Board, while if the request is denied, a formal resolution for denial would need to be prepared and submitted to the Gambling Control Board.
 

Staff recommends that Council approve the exemption from a lawful gambling license for the Rum River Chapter of the MN Deer Hunters Association to hold a raffle at the Fountains of Ramsey on March 16, 2013.
 

Motion to recommend Council approve the exemption from a lawful gambling license for the Rum River Chapter of the MN Deer Hunters Association to hold a raffle at the Fountains of Ramsey on March 16, 2013 and authorize staff to submit a letter to the Gambling Control Board stating approval.