Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade released a new financial audit this week of the Oregon Lottery, the agency that provides the second-largest pot of state funding after income taxes.
The new audit shows a second consecutive year of very robust revenues after a period in which the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the bars and taverns that provide most of the agency’s income through nearly 11,000 video lottery terminals…
Video lottery revenues have boomed even though agency figures show there are 8.5% fewer machines across the state than there were a decade ago. That’s because people are playing the video lottery more: Oregonians wagered $395.66 per capita last year, versus $261.12 in 2014.
