9 Aug 2005
News Brief: The Oregon Lottery says the year that ended July first saw record profits for state-run gambling, just as the agency is putting electronic slot machines in bars and restaurants.
18 Jul 2005
State lottery revenue jumped by 20 percent after slot-type games were added to video gambling machines in bars and taverns over the past two months.
8 Jun 2005
The weekend technical glitch that bumped video poker and slots players all over Oregon off the machines without warning has largely been fixed, according to an Oregon Lottery spokesman.
7 Mar 2005
News Brief: Governor 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.
25 Jan 2005
The Oregon Lottery Commission is to decide Wednesday on Gov. Ted Kulongoski's proposal to add electronic slot machines to its selection of games.
20 Dec 2004
Despite the opposition of some legislators, Oregon Lottery officials indicated that July 1 is being targeted as the start-up date for the lottery's new video slot machine games.
13 Dec 2004
News Brief: Today the Oregon Lottery owns nearly as many video poker machines as once had been illegal, raking in $528 million annually for the state's budget. South Carolina took the opposite approach an banned the machines outright.
