Gaming machines at Claremore's VFW Post 2976 are off, and without the funds from them, the veteran nonprofit is facing closure.

For about three decades, the organization used the machines as its main form of funding until March, when the Alcoholic Beverage Law Enforcement Commission shut them down.

"Veterans are the ones being hurt," Post Commander Leslie Stanfill said.

During the time the machines were in use, the nonprofit sat in the green, making money and using it in charitable ways.

The VFW runs its own food pantry and offers emergency grants to veterans in need. In the years past, Stanfill said the supply of money allowed them to also donate to the community, including organizations like the Special Olympics.

Stanfill walked 2 News through the financial statements. In the past s

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