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Electronic pull tabs reshaping charitable gaming

Monday, April 6, 2026 1:54 PM
  • Katie Ann McCarver, Vegas Inc

When Light & Wonder acquired Grover Gaming’s charitable gaming assets last year, the Las Vegas gaming giant wasn’t chasing jackpots — it was chasing bingo halls.

It’s a quieter corner of the industry, one built on community fundraisers rather than casino floors. The staples are familiar: bingo, raffles and paper pull tabs, those little perforated tickets that for decades have funded everything from youth sports leagues to food pantries.

But the space is changing.

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Electronic pull tabs — the digital, more dynamic evolution of their paper predecessors — are giving charities a low-cost, low-maintenance way to modernize revenue without overhauling their entire operation.