Lottery News
Rep. Carolyn Tomei has no illusions that she can stop Oregon's state-sponsored gambling, which pumps $1 billion into the state's general fund every two years. But the Milwaukie Democrat thinks the time is ripe to hammer some more sideboards onto a program that she says causes as much misery to problem gamblers as it does opportunity for the rest of the state. She's on a mission to do just that when the Legislature convenes next month.
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ORLA members that are lottery retailers are charged a lottery assessment along with their dues to help fund ORLA’s government affairs department defend of the Oregon Lottery.
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Last election cycle one of the two casino measures failed to make the Oregon ballot because the backers fell short in collecting the required number of signatures for the constitutional measure. The companion statutory measure that did make the ballot was turned down with 68% of the people voting no.
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Video Lottery sales in Oregon remained relatively flat during the 2012 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, 2012. 2011 sales were $718.4 million and 2012 sales came in at $735.5 million, but without the last extra week of sales, the total would have been $721.5 million. That amounts to less than a 1 percent increase.
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Stacy Shaw was named as the Oregon Lottery’s Assistant Director for Marketing and Retail Operations, effective July 2, 2012. She brings over 15 years of Executive Management experience, which includes building and leading field sales and marketing teams, founding and running marketing services companies, overseeing call and distribution centers and spearheading business initiatives.
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On March 1, 2011 Video Lottery Retailers (VLR) received a letter from Lottery Director Niswender informing them that the Lottery intended to implement one of its rules in a manner that might affect their opening of a new business or dividing an existing business. Thus began the Lottery’s “Hayden Island Project.”
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During the 2012 Legislative Session, HB 4083 would have required the Lottery Commission to adopt policies to mitigate public harm associated with lottery games. Instead of passing it, legislators decided to create a work group to analyze the effect of amending the Lottery’s mission statement to include specific language about mitigating public harm.
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