$2.49 Million in Charitable Gaming Grants Delivered to Neighborhood Groups Throughout Saskatchewan | Information and Media

Released on July 29, 2025

Lotteries and Gaming Saskatchewan (LGS) offered about $2.49 million in charitable gaming grants within the first quarter of 2025-26, benefiting greater than 1,000 teams and organizations throughout the province.

“Our government is committed to delivering for Saskatchewan communities and one of the ways we do that is through charitable gaming grants,” Minister Responsible for LGS Jeremy Harrison stated. “Proceeds from gaming in Saskatchewan assist charitable organizations and actions throughout the province, together with the humanities, tradition and sport, hospital foundations, service golf equipment and extra.”

Groups from 250 Saskatchewan communities obtained a charitable gaming grant within the first quarter of 2025-26, with greater than $498,000 distributed to teams in Saskatoon and greater than $410,000 going to teams in Regina.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area is a previous recipient of a grant. They used the grant to supply enjoyable, instructional and leisure group mentoring for the youth. Some of the provides they bought with the grant included artwork provides, sports activities tools, board video games and extra.

“Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area enables life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people,” Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area Executive Director Irma Van De Bon-Nicol said. “The money we received from this grant was used to fund the casework support and supplies needed for our one-to-one and group mentoring programs. It helps to bring smiles to the children’s faces, builds confidence and helps them develop healthy relationships that will assist them in reaching their goals.”

Other areas throughout the province additionally obtained funding, together with:

• Prince Albert and space – greater than $269,000
• Meadow Lake and space – greater than $207,000
• Humboldt, Melfort and space – greater than $148,000
• Weyburn, Estevan and space – greater than $119,000
• Yorkton, Melville and space – greater than $97,000
• Swift Current and space – greater than $58,000

These quarterly grants are paid to teams and organizations in good standing that conduct licensed charitable gaming actions reminiscent of bingos, raffles, breakopen ticket gross sales, Texas maintain ’em poker tournaments and Monte Carlo occasions. The grants are equal to 25 per cent of the web income raised by every charitable occasion, as much as a most of $100,000 per group or group yearly.

The quantity of every grant paid by LGS to every charity is calculated by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) based mostly on monetary reviews and different data submitted by the group or group. Groups can apply by means of SLGA’s charitable gaming licensing course of here. (https://www.slga.com/permits-and-licences/charitable-gaming)

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