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.

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

Lottery Officials: Smoking Ban Could Hurt Sales
MEDFORD, Oregon (December 10, 2008) -- A decline in lottery sales is already affecting state agencies, and one Southern Oregon group says it could lead to job cuts.................Subscribers

State Lottery Reconsiders Policy Concerning Airing Ads To Promote Video Lottery Gaming
SALEM, Oregon, USA (November 27, 2008) -- Projected losses from a smoking ban spur the move to use new advertisements. Starting early next month...................Subscribers

Video Lottery Revenue Down and Worse to Come When Smoking Ban Begins
OREGON, USA (November 22, 2008) – According to some local media reports Oregon’s 2,352 bars, taverns and strip-mall gambling parlors are learning a hard economic lesson: Gambling, it turns out, is not recession-proof...............Subscribers

GTECH Subsidiary Spielo Signs Five-Year Contract With Oregon State Lottery For 2,500 prodiGi Vu™ Video Lottery Terminals
Company Expects To Receive Total Revenues Of Approximately $35 Million Beginning In 2009 Through 2013
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (November 3, 2008) - GTECH Corporation subsidiary, SPIELO Manufacturing ULC, announced it has signed a five-year contract to supply 2,500 new video lottery terminals (VLTs) to the Oregon State Lottery. Spielo expects to receive revenues of approximately $30 million in 2009 from the sale of the VLTs, and an additional $4 million in incremental revenue from the sale of game refreshments, beginning in 2010 through 2013. SPIELO has been providing VLTs to the Oregon Lottery since 2004.............Subscribers

GTECH Printing Corporation Selected By The Oregon State Lottery As A Provider Of Instant-Ticket Printing Services
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, USA (October 17, 2008) - GTECH Printing Corporation (GPC) announced that the Oregon State Lottery has chosen GPC for instant-ticket printing services, under a one-year contract, which commenced October 1, 2008. The contract also provides for one-year extension options..................Subscribers

Oregon Lottery to Start New Raffle Game
SALEM, Oregon, USA (July 16, 2008) --- In January, the Oregon Lottery will reportedly launch a raffle game................Subscribers

Professional Bullfighter Stars in Oregon Lottery’s “Take a Fun Break” Advertising Campaign
OREGON, USA (July 1, 2008) -- The lottery people gave Evans a handful of scratch-off tickets, positioned him in a rodeo arena and told him to start scratching while a production crew made sure the lighting was just right and the expression on his face was sufficiently mischievous............Subscribers

Lottery Companies See Benefits of GSA Membership
Oregon State Lottery Latest to Join GSA
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, USA (April 28, 2008) -- Casino operators and gaming manufacturers around the world have been reaping the benefits of membership in the Gaming Standards Association (GSA), including lottery operators. Now, GSA is proud to welcome the Oregon State Lottery to its global membership of more than 70 members................Subscribers

High Court Supports Lottery on Retailer Rates
SALEM, Oregon, USA (April 26, 2008) -- The Oregon Supreme Court reversed an appellate ruling on Thursday, backing the state lottery in how it set compensation for video poker retailers in 2004...................Subscribers

Could Be A While Before New Lottery Director Named, Says Spokesman
DENVER, Colorado, USA (April 24, 3008) -- The process for replacing the retiring Colorado Lottery director could take months................Subscribers

Oregon State Lottery Becomes 12th State Lottery to Adopt OrderPad Enterprise™
States Lotteries Continue to Embrace Mobile Sales Force Automation Software for Tablet PCs
NEW YORK, New York (March 24, 2008) - The Oregon State Lottery today announced it has become the twelfth state lottery to integrate Cole Systems' OrderPad Enterprise™ into their mobile sales force..................Subscribers

ESI Integrity Enters into Agreement with the Oregon State Lottery to Supply an Independent Control System
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada (February 5, 2008) -- ESI Integrity Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of ESI Entertainment Systems Inc. (TSX: ESY)) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Oregon State Lottery.................Subscribers

Statewide Lottery Initiative Headed For Ballot in November
SALEM, Oregon, USA (January 5, 2008) -- Nine new statewide measures already appear to have enough petition signatures to qualify for the November ballot...................Subscribers

Lottomatica Announces that Subsidiary GTECH Corporation Signs Long-Term Online Lottery Contract with the Oregon State Lottery
ROME and PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (October 4, 2007) -- Lottomatica S.p.A. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GTECH Corporation, has signed a new long-term contract with the Oregon State Lottery to provide and implement a new..........Subscribers

Initiative Would Divert Lottery Revenue to Crime Programs
SALEM, Oregon, USA (September 4, 2007) -- Republican activist Kevin Mannix has turned in signatures for an initiative measure to devote 15 percent of Oregon Lottery proceeds to..............Subscribers

Commission Approves Pay Raises to Senior Lottery Executives
OREGON, USA (August 23, 2007) -- Oregon Lottery commissioners have approved a ten (10) percent salary raise for.................Subscribers

Lottery Transfers Record $604 Million to State
SALEM, Oregon, USA (August 9, 2007) -- For the second consecutive fiscal year, the Oregon Lottery recorded over $1 billion in sales.........Subscribers

Oregon Video Lottery Sales Hit $833 Million
SALEM, Oregon, USA (June 20, 2007) -- Gamblers have reportedly pumped a record $1.2 billion into the state lottery this fiscal year.......Subscribers

Governor Makes Lottery Commission Appointment
SALEM, Oregon, USA (June 6, 2007) -- Governor Ted Kulongoski has named retired Oregon State Police Superintendent LeRon Howland to the Oregon Lottery Commission.......Subscribers

Lawmakers Want To Limit Lottery Ads On TV
SALEM, Oregon, USA (March 12, 2007) – A bi-partisan group of lawmakers have introduced House Bill 2599, which limits television advertising by the Oregon State Lottery to promoting introduction of new games.......Subscribers

Oregon State Lottery Selects ESI Integrity for ICS Contract
VANCOUVER, BC, Canada (February 27, 2007) -- ESI Entertainment Systems Inc. (TSX:ESY) today announced that its subsidiary, ESI Integrity Inc. has received a Notice of Award from the Oregon State Lottery to supply its Internal Control System to the Lottery...........Subscribers

Lottery Considering Appeal of Return-Rate Decision
PORTLAND, Oregon, USA (December 15, 2006) -- The Oregon Lottery is deciding whether to appeal a court decision this week overturning the rates paid to lottery retailers..............................Subscribers

Oregon Lottery Makes Record $167.7 Million Transfer to State
The Transfer Raises the Total Amount of Lottery Revenue Transferred to the State to $4.96 Billion
SALEM, Oregon, USA (October 26, 2006) -- With the Oregon Lottery's record-setting $1 billion sales for fiscal year 2006 already in the books, fiscal year 2007 is off to a good start.............................Subscribers

Oregon Lottery's Sales Officially Surpass $1 Billion For First Time
SALEM, Oregon, USA (August 9, 2006) – Oregon Lottery sales are reported to have surpassed $1 billion for the year that ended June 30. It is the first time since the Oregon Lottery started in 1985.............................Subscribers

Chamber of Commerce Hears About Benefits of Lottery Revenue
ONTARIO, Canada (June 14, 2006) – Dale Penn, director of the Oregon Lottery, addressed the Ontario Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Penn told the members that the Oregon Lottery recently passed the....................................Subscribers

Oregon Lottery passes $1 billion in sales
SALEM, Oregon, USA (June 1, 2006) -- Oregon Lottery revenue has reportedly passed a milestone - $1 billion a year...........................Subscribers

Union Drive Fails at State Lottery
SALEM, Oregon, USA (May 24, 2006) -- Workers at the Oregon State Lottery have reportedly voted to reject a unionization effort by Local 503 of Service Employees International Union..............................Subscribers

Lottery Workers to Decide if They Want to .....
SALEM, Oregon, USA (May 9, 2006) -- Ballots were mailed to the homes of 307 Oregon State Lottery workers, to see if they want to ..................Subscribers

Schools Gain From Lottery Scratch-Off Events
OREGON, USA (May 3, 2006) -- The 2006 Oregon Lottery Scratch-it for Schools events were held last month in ..................Subscribers

Union Vote Sought at Lottery
SALEM, Oregon, USA (March 15, 2006) -- Union supporters at the Oregon State Lottery are reported to have formally requested an election .............Subscribers

Lottery’s Line Games Far Exceed Income Expectations
PORTLAND, Oregon, USA (March 3, 2006) – In the new quarterly revenue forecast it is predicted that Oregon's lottery revenue for the current budget cycle should hit .................Subscribers

Fire Forces Evacuation at Oregon Lottery Building
SALEM, Oregon, USA (March 1, 2006) -- The Salem Fire Department responded to a structure fire at The Oregon Lottery .............Subscribers

Union Fails to Get Majority of Lottery Workers on Side
SALEM, Oregon, USA (February 16, 2006) -- A drive to organize Oregon State Lottery employees has reportedly hit a roadblock ...............Subscribers

Democrats Consider Blocking the Reappointment of State Lottery Commissioner
SALEM, Oregon (January 19, 2006) -- On Wednesday, the Senate Rules and Executive Appointments Committee reportedly withheld approval of Stan Robson for another ...............Subscribers