Wildfires cause shutdown of some Oregon Lottery games

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:50:00 GMT

Thanks for the update, let it rain as long as it wants to.

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weshar75 — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:04:10 GMT

It has been raining here in Mcminnville steady all day today and for the next couple of days until Sunday and then we get some sun again at least that was what the news said today.-weshar75

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 01:16:47 GMT

Alexa said it is raining in Portland, Oregon as well as Seattle.

Wish the whole west coast would get substantial, but slow rain. The lottery will recover @ some point.

Wildfires cause shutdown of some Oregon Lottery games

Lottery Post — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 21:28:07 GMT

2020 continues to challenge the lottery and gaming industry

By Kate Northrop

2020 just doesn't seem to let up, with wildfires in Oregon causing 115 of the state's lottery retailers to lose connection to the fiber-optic cables that support the selling of most lottery games.

Over the weekend, 95 retailers in the Portland area and 25 on the coast were rendered unable to sell any video lottery games, Keno, and traditional draw games like Mega Millions and Powerball. Only instant scratch-off... [ More ]