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The allocation of lottery profits is determined by Oregon voters, who approve the broad categories that may receive Oregon Lottery funds. [5] Constitutional amendments have allowed using lottery funds for economic development (Oregon Ballot Measure 4 in 1984), public education (Oregon Ballot Measure 21 in May 1995) and natural resource programs (Oregon Ballot Measure 66 in 1998). [5]
State lotteries have become a significant source of revenue for states, raising $17.6 billion in profits for state budgets in the 2009 fiscal year (FY) with 11 states collecting more revenue from their state lottery than from their state corporate income tax during FY2009. [10] Lottery policies within states can have conflicting goals. [11]
Between Oregon's lottery and charitable and social gaming laws, this meant that the state's nine federally recognized tribes could potentially run almost any kind of game. [33] The tribes were reluctant, though, citing fears of battles with state officials, cultural opposition to gambling, and for some tribes, remoteness from population centers ...
The tickets include two Powerball tickets and a Keno ticket, the Oregon Lottery said in a Sept. 18 news release. A lucky Keno player won $58,372.20 from a ticket sold in Salem, lottery officials said.
A lucky ticket-buyer in Oregon has won a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot, which was the eighth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. Federal and state taxes would cut into the haul significantly ...
Oregon State Police detectives with the lottery security section turned in the winning ticket and others to an employee at the Short Stop in La Grande on Sept. 19, Oregon Lottery officials said in ...
The minimum jackpot was then $15 million, with rollovers of at least $5 million. Second prize (5+0) became $1 million cash. In the revised format, players chose 5 of 75 white ball numbers, and the "Gold Ball" number out of 15. The Megaplier option remained, the 5 multiplier was added. Lower prize tiers (through October 18, 2013) based on a $1 play:
Cash4Life logo. Cash4Life is an American multi-jurisdictional lottery drawing game; as of April 2021, it is offered by ten state lotteries and is drawn nightly.Ticket sales began on June 13, 2014, in New York and New Jersey; the first drawing took place three days later.