The Oregon Lottery is moving aggressively toward mobile phone betting

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Soledad — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 22:15:06 GMT

Thank You rcbbuckeye. I am not so good putting words to say at the time, but I m glad somebody gets what I m trying to preach; without any interjection or interdiction. Too much of anything makes you an addict. 70% of/from 20%.

How many Scratch off Prizes get unclaimed when the game gets thrown away? What happens to those very limited amount of prizes? Can Anybody? Odds Schmodds

Hey I m talking to you , I m from New York-lol

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:36:24 GMT

Just re-read the article. Though it is inevitable this will be the wave of future playing lottery @ your convenience, though this almost seems rushed. The younger generation wants instant gratification, they want it now. May pose a problem with that mentality for draw games and seriously doubt, and hope not, that PB, MM et al do not go to nightly drawings. That would be the end of those games with folks tiring of them IMHO!

As I've said 2-3 times on-line suddenly appeared here in Kentuck... [ More ]

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rcbbuckeye — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:36:46 GMT

It's not too much different than retail sales. Every year a store wants to increase it's sales over the last year. Going backwards is not an option. The problem with that is in a business like appliances, or furniture, a store's customer base doesn't need to buy something every year. Every store has a customer base that will shop that store when a need arises. So, it's necessary to find new customers, and new products that customers will like.

With lotteries, they need to find new customers,... [ More ]

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play4shekels — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:14:50 GMT

I could just puke when I read a story like this! The states preach in one breath about responsible gambling (a contradiction of terms if I ever heard one) and in the next breath they're trying to figure out how to get more people to gamble. It's like creating a problem and then acting like it doesn't exist. Hey, that sounds like something the Democrats would do!

Before they start brainwashing our youth, they might want to take a look at their game offerings and figure out how to get more out... [ More ]

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Tucker Black — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 16:55:03 GMT

Because they are ignorant. They're like little kids with a toy. It doesn't matter if the toy will poison you later. It's a new shiny object, everyone else has one, and unlike preschool, there are no responsible adults around to tell you it's time to stop playing with your toys and get some sleep.

These people are saying Join the crowd of lemmings!

The lottery is okay with me as long as it is CASH ONLY (not even debit card, go use the ATM) and NO ADVERTISING except within the sto... [ More ]

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Coin Toss — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 23:35:48 GMT

Why do people put themselves in a lather to help the bankers and the government bring on a cashless society

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CDanaT — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 18:40:07 GMT

Tennessee

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:22:22 GMT

Your response made me laugh. I transposed Alabama in a couple of the sentences, except you can't shut it off..hasn't started YET; if it ever does!

State by state on-line will be the wave of the future, just a matter of time. As for the six states that don't have lottery can only envision Mississippi and Alabama perhaps getting them.

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GiveFive — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:51:03 GMT

Funny how some of those politicians absolutely LOVE the incoming lottery revenue, but they hate the source of it!

Well if it's that bad fellas, shut it off. I dare you to do it. See how long you'll be in office if you actually do.

They just need to listen to the voice of people and give them what they want. They'll all be just fine if they do that. G5

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Tucker Black — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 06:16:00 GMT

So, Oregon lottery revenues fell when they banned smoking 10 years ago and still have not recovered. That's an easy solution to fix that doesn't involve this stupid sports betting and on-line gambling.

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Stack47 — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 04:54:00 GMT

We've got to keep pace with what people want, says lottery spokesman Matt Shelby. It's evolve or die for us.

And that should be the motto of every state lottery.

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noise-gate — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 03:50:11 GMT

l am going to say California. Taking a page from the movie Shawshank Redemption - at the mention of mobile gambling, the lottery Commission's A@@#%$# puckers up tighter than a snare drum.

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rcbbuckeye — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:43:18 GMT

Texas

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paymentplan-man — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:42:16 GMT

I wonder which state will be the last to implement some form of mobile gambling.

The Oregon Lottery is moving aggressively toward mobile phone betting

Lottery Post — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 00:28:52 GMT

The first apps could debut next month

A Jantzen Beach sports bar called Bradley's did more video lottery business last year than any of the nearly 4,000 other lottery retailers in the state.

Bradley's took in $1.96 million in 2017. That means a video lottery player pushed a $20 bill into one of Bradley's machines every four minutes every day of the year.

But the Oregon Lottery looks at Bradley's success and sees trouble: an old-school tavern unlikely to attract young Oregonians glued to... [ More ]