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Liquor, cannabis, lottery: Are our vices essential services in face of COVID-19?News Story
In a series of executive orders, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has increasingly forced businesses to close their doors to slow the spread of COVID-19. But there are three notable exceptions: Liquor, cannabis, and lottery tickets. Why are our vices exempt? Some other states have deemed liquor stores and cannabis shops essential services, citing both an economic incentive to maintain tax revenues and concern that people with substance abuse disorders would seek urgent medical care while the syst
Mar 30, 2020, 4:17 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon man arrested for threatening lotteryNews Story
By Todd Northrop A Lebanon, Oregon, man was arrested after he sent a shooting threat in an e-mail to the Oregon Lottery. The Oregon State Police said Jason David Ouellette, 42, was arrested on suspicion of menacing Tuesday afternoon. 5 hours earlier Ouellette had sent an email to the Lottery's Salem headquarters with an imminent threat to shoot and kill people, the law enforcement agency said. Ouellette was jailed in Marion County without incident, troopers said, but was later released
Jul 13, 2018, 11:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Oregon law allows lottery prize garnishments for overpaymentsNews Story
A new Oregon law, effective Jan. 1, authorizes the state Department of Human Services and the Oregon Health Authority to garnish Oregon Lottery prize payments greater than $600 to recover overpayments of public assistance, medical assistance and supplemental nutrition assistance. What does this new law, approved by legislators, mean to players? If a player claims a Lottery prize greater than $600 with the Lottery, the Lottery must check with DHS/OHA to see if the player owes an overpayment
Dec 24, 2015, 7:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

$200 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soarsReply
you'd have a better chance of climbing mt hood on your toenails than hitting the megamillions lottery. the poor ex-skater has had a rough time of it since she botched her plot against nancy kerrigan. she drives around oregon in her beat up ford taurus playing video poker for a living and eating the dollar menu at mcdonalds. she brought a lot of notoriety to oregon when no one else could. she deserves to take this jackpot down if it is to be won by someone in oregon.(of course someone in the nort
Mar 14, 2012, 8:30 pm - faber98 - Lottery News

Oregon to add gaming machines at horse trackNews Story
In a move that supporters say will help save horse racing in the state, the Oregon House approved a bill that would expand the number of slot and video-poker machines at Portland Meadows.Wagering at the racetrack has been relatively flat in recent years as bettors have turned to other forms of gambling. Lobbyists said that more machines are needed to entice bettors to the track.Under the terms of the bill approved Wednesday, the track could have 30 machines, triple the current number. The bill g
Jul 8, 2005, 1:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon Gov. pushes for larger lottery cutNews Story
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has become a quiet backroom force in pushing the Oregon Lottery into considering a nearly 50 percent cut in the share of proceeds that bars, restaurants and taverns receive for the lottery's new electronic slot games.People close to Kulongoski say he has become more involved than previous governors in determining how much money retailers should get for offering video gambling, which last year totaled $531 million in sales.Kulongoski prodded the new lottery director, Da
Mar 8, 2005, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery increases number of Keno drawingsNews Story
The Oregon State Lottery has increased the number and frequency of its Keno drawings in an attempt to boost revenue.The drawings will be held every four minutes, instead of five.Keno sales have increased an average of 19 percent in the five states that have made the switch from five minutes to four, said Chuck Baumann, a lottery spokesman.Keno is the state lotterys third-highest revenue producer, topped by video poker and Scratch-its. Keno brought in sales of $111.3 million in the past fiscal ye
Feb 25, 2004, 4:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon man wins largest Keno 8-Spot prize everNews Story
More than three months after hitting the winning numbers, a Springfield, Oregon, man has claimed a record-breaking Keno win of more than $300,000. Bruce Buckley of Springfield purchased a single $2 Keno ticket on December 11, 2015 after turning in some bottles. That $2 ticket was worth $300,246.50 and was the highest Keno 8-spot win in Oregon Lottery history, Oregon Lottery said Monday. I saw that the Keno 8-Spot jackpot was more than $50,000 and figured I would just buy one ticket, Buckl
Apr 5, 2016, 11:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Man in Iraq wins $6.4 million Oregon Lottery jackpotNews Story
Ticket bought online; Lottery withholds winner's name for security reasons For the first known time in the Oregon Lottery's 30-year history, the ticket for a winning big jackpot has been sold through an international online lottery ticket sales site and the $6.4 million prize goes to an Iraqi national whose ticket was bought in Bend, and whose name won't be revealed in order to protect him from danger in his homeland, officials confirmed Wednesday. We sell a lot of megabucks tickets, they
Dec 10, 2015, 7:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon man keeps childhood promise, splits $1M Powerball with brotherNews Story
Best Brother Ever? A Bend, Oregon, man who won $1 million with a Powerball ticket last month decided to share the wealth in a gesture of brotherly love. Eric Hale, 45, split the spoils 50-50 with his younger brother, Quinn Hale, of Yakima, Washington, on Thursday in Salem. Eric and Quinn each took home about $335,000 after taxes, according to the Oregon Lottery. Eric had picked the five numbers 7, 14, 21, 24 and 41 correctly but missed the Powerball itself, according to the Oregon Lotte
Oct 15, 2014, 2:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News