IN BRIEF
State to expand lottery
with slot machines
SALEM — Since 1984, the Oregon
Lottery was a simple scratch-off tick
et operation that generated about $30
million a year for the state.
The lottery has expanded over
the years to one that now produces
$400 million a year, mainly as a
result of moves by the Legislature to
draw more money from the lottery,
including the 1992 introduction
of the highly lucrative video poker
game.
Now, Gov. Ted Kulongoski has or
dered a further expansion of the lot
tery — and the state’s dependence on
gambling revenue — by adding slot
machine-type games to the lottery’s
video poker terminals.
The governor estimates the new
games will yield an additional
$120 million in lottery profits in the
2005-2007 budget period to main
tain state police patrols at current
strengths.
The move dismays critics who
say the state should move no fur
ther into new gambling ventures as
a way to raise money to plug holes
in the state budget.
“It’s easy revenue, but there are so
cial consequences,” said Bob Baker
of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon.
“This new line of video games will
attract new gamblers, and for some it
will lead to problems.”
Kulongoski said an ailing state
economy and voters’ refusal to en
dorse new taxes have left few
revenue options for protecting vital
services such as state troopers.
“I did not want to go there, but I
was faced with this reality,” Kulon
goski said.
Legislators over the years have tak
en the same view, believing the lot
tery is essentially a voluntary tax.
They have prodded the lottery to pro
duce ever larger profits to pay for
state services and programs.
Adding slot machine-style games
to the lottery’s 10,000 video poker
terminals in 2,000 retail establish
ments will be a relatively easy repro
gramming task, said lottery
spokesman Chuck Bauman.
The Oregon Lottery Commission is
due to talk about the expansion at its
next meeting Dec. 17.
— The Associated Press
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