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Staff Report
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REPORT TO: Finance and Corporate Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING: August 13, 2012
SUBMITTED BY: R. Gosse, Director of Legislated Services/City Clerk, 2809
PREPARED BY: Patricia Harris, Manager of Licensing, 2854
WARD(S) INVOLVED: 9
DATE OF REPORT: July 24, 2012
REPORT NO.: FCS-12-136
SUBJECT: SOCIAL GAMING EVENT -BETH JACOB
CONGREGATION -OCTOBER 17, 2012
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City of Kitchener has no objection to a Provincial Lottery Licence being issued
to the Beth Jacob Congregation to conduct a social gaming event at the Beth Jacob
Synagogue, 161 Stirling Avenue South, Kitchener, on October 17, 2012.
BACKGROUND:
Provincial Regulations require that Social Gaming Events must be approved by Council before a
Provincial Lottery licence will be issued by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
(AGCO).
REPORT:
A request has been received from the Beth Jacob Congregation for permission to hold a social
gaming event on October 17, 2012 at the Beth Jacob Synagogue, 161 Stirling Avenue South,
Kitchener.
A social gaming event is a lottery event conducted as a secondary or complementary
component of a social occasion such as a dinner or a dance that is sponsored by the licensee of
the Social Gaming Event. This event will include blackjack tables and a wheel of fortune.
The proceeds from the Social Gaming Event will be donated to the Grand River Hospital, St.
Mary's Hospital and Beth Jacob Congregation.
Similar requests by the Beth Jacob Congregation have been approved by Council for the past
several years.
ALIGNMENT WITH CITY OF KITCHENER STRATEGIC PLAN:
N/A
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
N/A
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: D. Chapman, Deputy CAO and City Treasurer, Finance and
Cor orate Services