Paul Costell
33:11 - 33:48
"Nome, for some reason— well, we there's reasons for it, decided that most of that money was not going to go to these charities that are listed here, and it became a revenue source for the city."
“Nome, for some reason— well, we there's reasons for it, decided that most of that money was not going to go to these charities that are listed here, and it became a revenue source for the city.”
- Speaker
- Paul Costell
- Timestamp
- 33:11 – 33:48
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Nome
- Captured at
- September 28, 2026
From the transcript
And I think it's worked rather well. Most places around the state it still works rather well. Maybe about 10 years ago or so, Nome, for some reason— well, we there's reasons for it, decided that most of that money was not going to go to these charities that are listed here, and it became a revenue source for the city. And part of what these— this group is asking for is that we kind of return those funds to what the state envisioned all along with the charitable gaming, is not a tax. In fact, it was supposed to offset municipalities having to raise taxes to support the different groups that the charitable gaming groups are supposed to do.
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