Charitable gaming takes a hit due to COVID-19

Pull-tab sales are down in the Chilkat Valley and statewide due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pull-tabs, a type of charitable game regulated by the state, must be affiliated with a nonprofit organization or municipality that holds a gaming permit. For these permit holders, revenue from pull-tabs can represent a significant portion of the organization’s overall revenue in a year.

“It’s about twenty-five to thirty precent of our budget,” Haines Chamber of Commerce executive director Tracey…