Oregon Lottery trying to shut down 'casino delis'

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johnph77 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:33:43 GMT

ty, weshar75 - I'll have to look into that next time I get up that way.

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weshar75 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:49:29 GMT

The deli I go to here in Eugene has 6 video lottery terminals, 16 different scratch-its in various denominations, Keno every 4 minutes, and a lottery terminal for all the online games Oregon has like Megabucks, Lucky lines, Powerball, Pick4, Win for life, Keno.-weshar75

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johnph77 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:23:26 GMT

And Oregon has video Keno - wonder if the lottery delis offer this game as well.....

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MADDOG10 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:26:22 GMT

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon said the rules give too much discretion to the lottery director .

Now if that ain't calling the kettle black, I don't know what would...! If you ask me the ministries ought to put there own nose in their own buisness, instead of everyone else's .These deli owners aren't telling the ministries how to run theirs are they? Or maybe they should...

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DoubleDown — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:06:53 GMT

Cool !!

If we look behind the proverbial curtain, would we see Tony Soprano ?

Maybe Paulie or Christopher or perhaps even Sylvio Dante

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weshar75 — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:08:51 GMT

The new place that I got to for lottery is run like a casino. It has free coffee and soda if you are their playing the games. Such as keno or the VLT's and they have a menu for food to buy. So I guess it would fit the bill as one of these type of lotto casino's.-weshar75

Oregon Lottery trying to shut down 'casino delis'

Lottery Post — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:46:38 GMT

Across Oregon, delis that seem to specialize in lottery more than lunch pose a dilemma.

The businesses generate profits to the owners and the Oregon Lottery, supplying an increasingly vital portion of the state general-fund budget. But critics say these establishments cause more social ills and violate a state constitutional prohibition of lottery casinos.

These are casinos doing business under the guise of being a restaurant, a tavern, said David Leslie, executive director of Ecumenica... [ More ]