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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.
70,000 Tickets Left For Fourth of July
Raffle PORTLAND, Oregon (May 25, 2010) - About 180,000
tickets for the Oregon Lottery's Fourth of July Raffle have sold since going on
sale May 16.......................Subscribers
Oregon Lottery Picks $1
Million Raffle Winner SALEM, Oregon (March 17, 2010) - For
its second year in a row, the Oregon Lottery's St. Patrick's Day raffle has
created a new before-tax millionaire.....................Subscribers
Mega Millions Lottery
Game Coming To Oregon SALEM, Oregon (March 3, 2010)
The Mega Millions
lottery game is about to become Oregon's second major lottery jackpot game
local station....................Subscribers
Governor Kulongoski
Appoints Interim Lottery Director Deputy
Director Larry Niswender will assume position of Interim Director effective
immediately SALEM, Oregon (March 2, 2010) Today
Governor Ted Kulongoski announced the appointment of Larry Niswender to Interim
Director of the Oregon Lottery. Niswender is currently the Deputy Director of
the Oregon Lottery and has been at the Lottery since September
2005...................Subscribers
Lottery Director Resigns
To Take Seat On The Bench Dale Penn on Monday
Will Take Seat on Marion County Court OREGON, USA (February
27, 2010) It was reported today that six years after he was appointed
director of the Oregon Lottery,
Dale Penn again has been
selected by Governor Ted Kulongoski...................Subscribers
Projected Lottery
Earnings to Impact on Recovery PORTLAND, Oregon (February
8, 2010) - Oregon faces these same uncertainties as it moves through the early
stages of recovery. The forecast has a "jobless" recovery where
employment rises slowly starting in the second quarter of
2010......................Subscribers
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 Oregons
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
Lotterys Its Gravy, Baby Spotlight on NW Creative:
Oregon Lottery Click here to view the Oregon Lotterys: Its Gravy, Baby
Thanksgiving Raffle......................Subscribers
Its 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 were 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
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 Oregons 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 Lotterys
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

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