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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2017
Oregon Lottery considers offering smartphone games
A growing
trend around
nation, world
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon Lottery
offi cials are considering offer-
ing traditional lottery games on
mobile devices as soon as 2019.
The proposal to launch
games such as Scratch, Draw
and Keno on smartphones is
part of a draft strategic plan to
modernize the state lottery and
boost state revenue.
Lottery revenue helps pay
for public education, economic
development, state parks and
natural resources and veteran
services.
“Our focus is on the oppor-
tunity for the Lottery to join
the current century and engage
players on a platform they
want,” said Oregon Lottery
Director Barry Pack. “There
are lots of people playing
games on mobile devices. Nat-
urally, they would want to play
the lottery there.”
At least 10 states, Can-
ada and European countries
offer lottery games on mobile
devices.
Many states have turned
to the option to try to appeal
to millennials who play the
lottery at signifi cantly lower
rates than their elders. For
instance, the average age of
a lottery player in Oregon is
about 44.
Lottery offi cials started dis-
cussing joining the trend in
November when Pack took
over as the lottery’s permanent
director and began crafting the
agency’s three-year strategic
plan. The plan was presented
to lottery commissioners Fri-
day in Salem.
Players would be required
to purchase prepaid or debit
cards to pay for the tickets.
Pack said he opposes allowing
players to use credit cards.
The concept is still in the
early stages, he said.
“There are many ques-
tions to answer. What kind of
games, and what is the technol-
ogy available, and what is the
demand among current players
and future players?” he said.
‘There are lots of people
playing games on mobile
devices. Naturally, they
would want to play the
lottery there.’
Oregon Lottery Director Barry Pack
“There is no decision
right now,” said MardiLyn
Saathoff, lottery commission
chairwoman. “This is sort of
a beginning of a lot of work
to be done to see if the strat-
egy is one that will work for
us and one we can continue to
support.”
The “iLotto” plan envisions
subscription sales through
a mobile app and player
accounts that would allow for
a personalized experience and
time and money limits. It is
unclear whether players would
purchase tickets directly from
the lottery or from retailers.
The cost of the pro-
gram will depend on the
scope of offerings. Lot-
tery offi cials are still study-
ing whether offering mobile
games would require any law
changes. Those issues could
be addressed during the 2019
legislative session.
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New casino
does not
slow lottery
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The 3 -month-
old ilani Casino Resort 16 miles
north of the Oregon-Washing-
ton border has slowed but failed
to stop growth in Oregon State
Lottery sales.
“It is a slow move down-
ward at this point,” said Spen-
cer Haley, a lottery senior
research analyst.
Since the new casino
opened in April , state lottery
revenues are up 2.6 percent, or
nearly $2.7 million, from this
time last year.
State economists had pro-
jected ilani would drain Oregon
lottery revenue by 12 percent in
the next two years. That would
represent a $220 million loss
in gross receipts and $142 mil-
lion decline in net profi ts sent to
state coffers.
It’s still too early to know
whether state lottery revenue
will continue to grow in the
face of the nearby competi-
tion. Lottery analysts said they
need at least one year and up
to two years of data to observe
the impact of the new casino in
Ridgefi eld, Washington.
“That is encouraging
that revenue is not falling as
severely as originally pre-
dicted, but it’s still too early to
know whether it’s going to be a
sustained trend or just the three
months,” said Oregon Lottery
Director Barry Pack.
The new casino, however,
has disrupted lottery sales on
Hayden Island, where revenue
is down 14 percent. Hayden
Island’s 19 lottery retailers are
still a draw for Washington
state residents, but now they
appear to be sharing that cus-
tomer base with ilani.
Revenue
growth
has
declined in places near the
Washington state line, includ-
ing Multnomah County by 3
percent, Rainier by 6 percent,
the Sandy Boulevard/Interstate
205/Interstate 84 area by 6 per-
cent and Interstate 84 East by 3
percent.
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