Slots come up $-$-$ for Oregon:
Slots come up $-$-$ for Oregon
The new games put the state on course to pocket an extra $60 million a year; but some fear they're also creating more addicts
Thursday, August 18, 2005
JEFF MAPES
The Oregon Lottery's new electronic slot games are paying off big for the state while lightening the wallets of players in record amounts.
Video lottery sales climbed by 20 percent over the same time last year after the new games were installed in bars and restaurants in late May. And even though summer is usually the slowest time of year for the lottery, video gambling sales recently topped $13 million, a weekly record.
The increase is good news for state government, which is on track to meet its budget projections of gaining an extra $60 million a year in profits from the slot games."
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