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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Jun 10, 2017, 08:33 AM Jun 2017

BINGO Proves Costly to Michigan Democrats

June 9, 2017 By Taegan Goddard

Detroit Free Press: “Games of chance have always been risky, but they also just got very costly for the Michigan Democratic Party. The party has agreed to pay a hefty $500,000 civil fine to the FEC – one of the largest penalties ever levied by that office – after an internal investigation of its bingo operation, which was used for political fund-raising, found numerous examples of shoddy record keeping, contributions that exceeded limits and campaign finance reporting inaccuracies.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/06/09/bingo-proves-costly-michigan-democrats/

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BINGO Proves Costly to Michigan Democrats (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP

I am the (volunteer) president of a non-profit. GreenEyedLefty Jun 2017 #1

GreenEyedLefty

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1. I am the (volunteer) president of a non-profit.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Jun 10, 2017, 09:31 AM

Jun 2017

I took over after the organization was left in shambles because of bingo. It took 2 years to pay off what was owed to the company and get back on our feet. I have nothing nice to say about using games of chance to enhance a non-profit's bottom line. It sounds great in theory - in practice, not so much.

The MI Democratic party is hardly alone in this.

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