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At Barayamal, we believe that First Nations Entrepreneurship can change the world for the better.

We are proud to be a world leader in First Nations entrepreneurship and to be working with other partners to help close the disparity gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Indigenous people only make up 5% of the world’s population but protect 80% of the world's biodiversity - the results from supporting genuine Indigenous entrepreneurship go without saying...

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Why I'm Okay With the First Nations Lottery - An Indigenous Perspective, by Dean Foley

In Australia, all games of chance are technically illegal because they constitute gambling. Two-up, for example, was always illegal because it is an unregulated form of gambling. However, from the 1980s on Anzac Day it became legal in most Australian states.

Many First Nations peoples have historically played a number of games of chance for centuries before the arrival of European settlers. These traditional games were not considered a form of gambling; instead, they were viewed as a form of recreation or entertainment.

The cyclical nature of gambling in which you lose and then bet to break even is what causes financial disaster, family problems and far worse!

There are millions of people who donate money to charity and millions of people who enjoy playing the lottery. The former is a noble pursuit, and the latter is demonised by a small but noisy minority who equate this charity fundraising activity with 'gambling'.

The same people who are tired of being asked to donate to charities...

I believe that common sense is becoming rarer, and commercial gambling is not being regulated enough, while legitimate charitable fundraising is being over-regulated.

Despite this, the First Nations Lottery has been a great success. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and the lottery's base of supporters will grow, eventually putting it in the exclusive club of successful national charity lotteries.

Endeavour Lotteries, one of the country's most successful charity lotteries, has been operating raffles for over 60 years.

Within the next couple of years, we hope to make the First Nations Lottery a national success story too.

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Barayamal launches First Nations Lottery to fund community development projects
(SBS)

“Unlike other games, the First Nations Lottery will help raise money for a better community for all. It gets tough when it comes to raising capital amongst First Nations because banks are not often willing to lend money and invest in the communities” – Dean Foley, CEO and founder of Barayamal

DUPDATED 27/04/2022