Oregon Casino News & Oregon Gambling News
Current News: Saturday Nov 21st, 2009 | News Location: Oregon | News Subject: Oregon Casinos and Gambling News
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November 20th, 2009
Oregon's economic downturn might have hit bottom, Oregon's state economist told lawmakers Thursday. But Tom Potiowsky also said that a technical end to the downturn — reflecting what economists have said about the national recession — does not ...
November 20th, 2009
... described the state's economy as "bouncing along the bottom." And it's likely to do that for a while. Oregon economists are sticking with predictions of a "jobless recovery." And while Oregon state government does not face California ... lottery ...
November 19th, 2009
Oregon’s downturn in economic activity and tax collections may have hit bottom, Oregon’s state economist told lawmakers today. But Tom Potiowsky also said that a technical end to the downturn does not mean things will start looking up immediately ...
November 16th, 2009
The Oregon Lottery spends tens of thousands of dollars a year to learn the gambling habits of its players, but hardly anyone wants to know what it has found. The Legislature doesn't seem interested. Neither does the governor. The lottery commission ...
November 20th, 2009
Oregon Congessman Peter DeFazio has become the face of an effort to push Treasury Secretary Timothy ... And quite frankly all the gambling on Wall Street is doing nothing to put people back to work in America and rebuild our economy.”
November 16th, 2009
A sincere THANK YOU to Brent Walth of the Oregonian staff for his article in this Sunday's (11/15) Oregonian highlighting the severity of the state's addiction to gambling revenues. I'd also like to offer even deeper gratitude to Sue Slavich and Nate ...
November 17th, 2009
PORTLAND (AP) - More than half the Oregon Lottery revenue from video gambling appears to be coming from a small number of players, many with gambling problems. The Oregonian reports that three years of data the newspaper obtained under state public ...
November 14th, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - More than half the Oregon Lottery revenue from video gambling appears to be coming from a small number of players, many with gambling problems. The Oregonian reports that three years of data the newspaper obtained under state ...
November 19th, 2009
SALEM — State economist Tom Potiowsky told lawmakers today that Oregon’s recession has likely ended ... the state’s anticipated general fund tax revenue down another $43.5 million and lottery revenues dropping by $14.8 million. The latest ...
November 17th, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. - After all the effort to crack down on I.D. theft and meth addiction, a stop-gap measure to balance the state budget means courtrooms are clogged with hearings on whether non-violent prisoners can earn more time off their sentence ...