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Manitoba lottery to fund First Nations program

MANITOBA – As reported by the CBC News: "The Manitoba government has signed an agreement with the province's First Nations to transfer $20 million in lottery revenue over five years into an economic development fund, CBC News has learned.

"The agreement, the first of its kind in the province, seals a deal that had been in the works for months. In August, the province agreed in principle to give $20 million from the general revenue of Manitoba Lotteries to the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to put into a First Nations economic development fund.

"…The province's agreement is intended to compensate First Nations for not upholding a promise it had made to approve five native casinos, as was recommended in a 1997 report on First Nations gaming policy. The province has approved only two such casinos since the report came out…"

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