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• 1 estimated the average pull tab player would be <br /> 2 expected to spend $42. 00 a night playing the game, <br /> 3 her belief that the City' s Ordinance against most <br /> 4 forms of charitable gambling in the City had been <br /> 5 reinforced as a good one; <br /> 6 added, however, that she had requested reassurance <br /> 7 from the City' s Liquor Manager that not having <br /> 8 pull tabs in the City liquor stores had not ad- <br /> 9 versely affected sales; <br /> 10 indicated she had been particularly uncomfortable <br /> 11 to learn the Lions Club only intended to run the <br /> 12 games the first few months then proposed turning <br /> 13 the operation over to an 'outside professional <br /> 14 group; and <br /> 15 had concluded that, although the Lion' s club it- <br /> 16 self might be a reputable organization, their <br /> 17 intent of running the games only a few nights a <br /> 18 week, meant others less reputable might want to <br /> 19 finish out the week. <br /> 20 Enrooth said he had told the Lions members who had <br /> 21 approached him that, from his own perspective, <br /> 22 there was little chance the ordinance would be <br /> •23 changed until the concerns which had caused the <br /> 24 Council to set up the Ordinance in the first <br /> 25 place had been satisfactorily addressed; <br /> 26 said he had asked his callers how they perceived <br /> 27 the City could handle other requests which might <br /> 28 be just as legitimate as their own; and <br /> 29 asked them what they suggested the City could do <br /> 30 about the organizations who haven' t approached the <br /> 31 Council just because they knew there was an <br /> 32 ordinance forbidding this type of activity in the <br /> 33 City. <br /> 34 Ranallo recalled the City had turned down its own <br /> 35 Fire Department request to conduct pull tab games <br /> 36 in the liquor stores for a very commendable pur- <br /> 37 pose; <br /> 38 reported he had declined to meet with the Lions <br /> 39 who had called him, telling them the City already <br /> 40 had an ordinance which permitted pull tab games to <br /> 41 be conducted no more often than five times a year; <br /> 42 said he had told the Lions members who approached <br /> •43 him at the RCLLG meeting in Shoreview that, <br /> 7 <br />