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Background Information
The Oregon
State Lottery runs the games of chance that generate additional revenues for
state coffers.
Players can start with as little as 25 cents to buy a
break-open ticket or play video lottery at a freestanding terminal.
Other
games include number-matching games and Sports Action, where results are based
on outcomes of professional football games.
Up to 16% of revenues go to
operating the lottery. Other revenues generated go to prizes and to Oregon's
Economic Development Fund, which supports public education, training programs
for displaced timber workers, and small-business development.
Public referendums:
Measure 4, November 1984:
Constitutional Amendment establishing the Lottery, passed with 66% approval.
Measure 5, November 1984: Statutory provisions to operate Lottery, passed
with 66% approval.
Measure 21, May 1995: Constitutional Amendment
dedicating Lottery funds to public education, passed with 90% approval.
Measure 52, November 1997: Statute authorizing Lottery bond program to
finance public school projects, passed with 75% approval.
Measure 66,
November 1998: Constitutional Amendment dedicating 15% of Lottery funds to
state parks, beaches, habitat and watershed protection, passed with 69%
approval.
Download The Oregon Lottery 2009 Annual Report in pdf
format -
CLICK HERE
| News
2011 |
| December 17, 2011 |
Problem-Gambling Experts To
Review Oregon Lottery Marketing, Website |
| Nov 16, 2011 |
Three Key Oregon Lottery
Officials Resign |
| Nov 15, 2011 |
Oregon Lottery's 'Orcade'
Project is Back to the Drawing Board |
| Nov 10, 2011 |
Governor Wants Lottery to
Consider New Rules for Video Poker Venues |
| Nov 3, 2011 |
Oregon Lottery Receives
International Responsible Gambling Award |
| Oct 21, 2011 |
Lottery Commission Says It
Will Allow Public Input During Orcade Review |
| Oct 21, 2011 |
Thanksgiving Raffle Tickets
Selling Fast |
| Oct 17, 2011 |
Governor Wants Oregon
Lottery to Postpone Launch of New Internet Site |
| Sept 29, 2011 |
Who Is That
Band? |
| Oct 4, 2011 |
Oregon Lottery Prepares
New Internet Site for Second-Chance Scratch-Off Jackpots, Other
Prizes |
| Sept 29, 2011 |
Fitch Affirms Oregon's
Lottery Revenue Bonds at 'AA-' -- Outlook Stable |
| Sept 23, 2011 |
State Treasurer: Lottery
& Private Financing Partnership |
| August 24, 2011 |
Oregon Lottery’s
Civil War-Branded Lottery Scratch-It the First of Its Kind |
| August 12, 2011 |
Oregon Lottery Appoints New
Chief Information Officer |
| August 9, 2011 |
Oregon Lottery Sales Top $1
Billion |
| February 9, 2011 |
Lottery Officials to Review
Video Poker Machine Venues for Compliance |
| January 27, 2011 |
State Lottery Pulls Scratch
Ticket, Players Confused by Game's Directions |
| January 18, 2011 |
Popular St. Patrick’s
Day Raffle Returns! |
| January 17, 2011 |
Oregon Lottery "It does
good things" Ad Campaign |
| News
2010 |
| Nov 23, 2010 |
Winning Numbers Selected
for Oregon Lottery® Thanksgiving Raffle |
| Nov 16, 2010 |
Thanksgiving Raffle
Tickets Still Available |
| Oct 5, 2010 |
Oregon Lottery Winners
Picked To Grab Cash |
| Sept 25, 2010 |
Tickets on Sale for
Lottery’s Thanksgiving Raffle |
| Sept 23, 2010 |
New Lottery Raffle Tickets
Available on Sunday |
| Sept 1, 2010 |
State’s Projected
Lottery Earnings to Reach $1.1 Billion |
| May 25, 2010 |
70,000 Tickets Left For
Fourth of July Raffle |
| March 17, 2010 |
Oregon Lottery Picks $1
Million Raffle Winner |
| March 3, 2010 |
Mega Millions Lottery Game
Coming To Oregon |
| March 2, 2010 |
Governor Kulongoski
Appoints Interim Lottery Director |
| February 27, 2010 |
Lottery Director Resigns To
Take Seat On The Bench |
| February 8, 2010 |
Projected Lottery Earnings
to Impact on Recovery |
Oregon Lottery Lifts
Self-Imposed Ban in Video Gambling TV Ads
PORTLAND, Oregon
(December 28, 2009) - Reports today said the Oregon Lottery has operated
for nearly two decades under a self-imposed ban on advertising video gambling
on television......................Subscribers
Oregon Lottery Games
Available at Portland Airport
SALEM, Oregon (December 16,
2009) -Travelers flying in and out of Portland International Airport (PDX) now
have an opportunity to buy and play Oregon Lottery®
games...............Subscribers
Oregon Hit Hardest By
Drop in Gambling Revenue
PORTLAND, Oregon (October 16,
2009) –According to a recent study this recession has hit Oregon’s
lottery and gambling revenue harder than any other
state....................Subscribers
Cronk Software Announces
Mobile Smartphone Application For Lotteries: PoLo™ Pocket
Lottery
The Oregon Lottery PoLo™
Application Available On iPhone
EAST GREENWICH, Rhode Island
(October 5, 2009) -- Cronk Software, Inc., a leading provider of smartphone
products and services, today announced the release of PoLo™ Pocket
Lottery, a full featured mobile smartphone application product for Lotteries.
With PoLo™, Lotteries worldwide will be able to customize an innovative
and dynamic mobile smartphone application for their players across a broad
spectrum of mobile phone platforms.........................Subscribers
The Oregon
Lottery’s Its Gravy, Baby
Spotlight on NW Creative:
Oregon Lottery
Click here to view the Oregon Lottery’s: Its Gravy, Baby
Thanksgiving Raffle......................Subscribers
It’s All Gravy
Baby! Oregon Lottery Raffle Is Back
SALEM, Oregon (October
5, 2009) - Turn up the boombox, and get ready for the dough! Raffle is back,
and we’re celebrating with some
“flava.”...................Subscribers
Smoking Ban, Recession
Cut Lottery's Take
PENDLETON, Oregon (August 1, 2009)
– According to Erin Mills writing in The East Oregonian the ban on smoking
in bars and taverns, plus the economy, have not been kind to the Oregon
Lottery.......................Subscribers
Economy, Smoking Ban and Brutal Weather Conspired to Send Video
Lottery Sales South
SALEM, Oregon (January 26, 2009) –
Sour economy, a smoking ban and a blast of brutal weather conspired to dampen
play of the Oregon Lottery's video gambling games in recent
weeks................Subscribers
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