Title 36A, Housing; Lottery and Games; Environment

Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this chapter. (1) “Commissioner” means one of the members of the lottery commission appointed by the Governor pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Oregon and …

This chapter shall be known as the Oregon State Lottery Act of 1984. [1985 c.2 §1(1); 1985 c.302 §1(1)]

The people of the State of Oregon declare that the purpose and intent of this chapter is to provide additional moneys for the public purpose described in section 4, Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Oregon through the operation of a state lottery without the impositi…

(1) This chapter shall be applicable and uniform throughout the state and all political subdivisions and municipalities therein, and no local authority shall enact any ordinances, rules or regulations in conflict with the provisions hereof. (2) Any other state or local law or reg…

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to repeal or modify existing state laws with respect to gambling, except that the state-operated lottery established by the Constitution of the State of Oregon and this chapter shall not be subject to such laws. [1985 c.2 §1(3)…

The Oregon State Lottery shall have its principal offices in the capital city. [1985 c.302 §8(7)]

(1) The Oregon State Lottery Commission is hereby created in state government. (2)(a) The Oregon State Lottery Commission shall consist of five members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (b) The members shall be …

(1) Upon the request of the Oregon State Lottery Commission or the Director of the Oregon State Lottery, the office of the Attorney General and the Oregon State Police shall furnish to the director and to the Assistant Director for Security such information as may tend to ensure …

(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the provisions of ORS 279.835 to 279.855 and ORS chapters 279A, 279B, 279C, 282 and 283 do not apply to the Oregon State Lottery Commission unless otherwise provided by this chapter. (b) Officers and employees of the Oregon State Lotter…

(1) Whenever a power is granted to the commission, the power may be exercised by such officer or employee within the Oregon State Lottery as is designated in writing by the commission. Any such designation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. (2) The commission…

The Oregon State Lottery Commission shall: (1) Prepare and provide an annual report on the state lottery budget to the Governor, the Legislative Fiscal Officer and the Legislative Revenue Officer in a manner and within a time frame established by the Legislative Fiscal Officer. (…

(1) The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Oregon State Lottery, subject to confirmation by the Senate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The director shall implement and operate a state lottery pursuant to the rules, and under the guidance, of the commission…

Under the rules of the commission, the Director of the Oregon State Lottery may contract with any state agency or political subdivision for the performance of such duties, functions and powers as the director considers appropriate. [1985 c.302 §7(8)]

The Director of the Oregon State Lottery shall confer as frequently as necessary or desirable, but not less than monthly, with the commission, regarding the operation and administration of the Oregon State Lottery. The director shall make available for inspection by the commissio…

(1) The Director of the Oregon State Lottery shall make an ongoing study of the operation and the administration of the lotteries which may be in operation in other states or countries, of available literature on the subject, of federal laws which may affect the operation of the …

The Assistant Director for Security appointed pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Oregon and this chapter shall be responsible for a security division to assure integrity, security, honesty and fairness in the operation and administration of the Oregon State Lottery, inc…

(1) The Oregon State Lottery must be operated so as to produce the maximum amount of net revenues to benefit the public purpose described in Article XV, section 4, of the Oregon Constitution, commensurate with the public good. To achieve this mission, in the operation of the Oreg…

Devices for playing lottery games, including video lottery game terminals, operated under the authority of the Oregon State Lottery Commission are exempted from the provisions of 15 U.S.C. 1172. [2009 c.221 §2]

Upon recommendation of the Director of the Oregon State Lottery, the Oregon State Lottery Commission shall adopt rules specifying the types of lottery games to be conducted by the Oregon State Lottery, provided: (1) Each lottery game shall contain security measures that are desig…

(1) The Oregon State Lottery Commission may initiate a game or games using video devices, the proceeds from which shall be transferred to the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund for allocation as provided by law. (2) In the approval and purchase of video lottery gam…

(1) As used in this section, “video lottery game retailer” means a contractor under contract with the Oregon State Lottery to place video lottery game terminals on premises authorized by the contract. (2) A video lottery game terminal that offers a video lottery game authorized b…

(1) Upon recommendation of the Director of the Oregon State Lottery, the Oregon State Lottery Commission shall adopt rules that specify the number and value of prizes for winning tickets or shares in each lottery game including, without limitation, cash prizes, merchandise prizes…

(1) Upon recommendation of the Director of the Oregon State Lottery, the Oregon State Lottery Commission shall adopt rules that specify the method for determining winners in each lottery game. (2) If a lottery game utilizes a manual drawing of winning numbers, a manual drawing am…

(1) Upon recommendation of the Director of the Oregon State Lottery, the Oregon State Lottery Commission shall adopt rules specifying the retail sales price for each ticket or share for each lottery game. However, no ticket or share shall be sold for more than the retail sales pr…

Upon recommendation of the Director of the Oregon State Lottery, the Oregon State Lottery Commission shall adopt rules to establish a system of verifying the validity of tickets or shares claimed to win prizes and to effect payment of such prizes, provided: (1) For the convenienc…

For the purpose of complying with section 4009 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, P.L. 113-79, within seven days after paying a prize of $1,250 or more, the Director of the Oregon State Lottery shall notify the Department of Human Services of the name of the prize recipient, the So…

(1) Payment of a prize may be made to any person pursuant to a voluntary assignment of the right to receive future periodic prize payments, in whole or in part. Payment of a prize pursuant to an assignment made under this section must be made to a person designated as assignee un…

Notwithstanding ORS 461.250 (8) or 461.253, if it is ever determined that prize winners who do not seek to assign their prize payments are subject to immediate income taxes on the prize payments just as if those prize winners had so assigned their prizes, the Oregon State Lottery…

Upon recommendation of the Director of the Oregon State Lottery, the commission shall adopt rules specifying the manner of distribution, dissemination or sale of lottery tickets or shares to lottery game retailers or directly to the public, and the incentives, if any, for Oregon …

(1) The Oregon State Lottery Commission shall adopt rules specifying the terms and conditions for contracting with lottery game retailers so as to provide adequate and convenient availability of tickets or shares to prospective buyers of each lottery game as appropriate for each …

Upon recommendation of the Director of the Oregon State Lottery, the commission shall determine the compensation to be paid to lottery game retailers for their sales of lottery tickets or shares. Until the commission shall otherwise determine, the compensation paid to lottery gam…

(1) No lottery tickets or shares shall be sold by a lottery game retailer unless the lottery game retailer has on display on the premises a certificate of authority signed by the Director of the Oregon State Lottery to sell lottery tickets or shares. (2) The director may require …

(1) The Oregon State Lottery Commission may grant a temporary letter of authority for a period not to exceed 90 days on change of ownership applications for certificates of authority granted under this chapter if the applicant pays the fee prescribed by the commission for a tempo…

Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the Director of the Oregon State Lottery may purchase or lease such goods or services as are necessary for effectuating the purposes of this chapter. The commission may not contract with any private party or nongovernmental entity for the …

(1) In order to allow an evaluation by the Oregon State Lottery of the competence, integrity, background, character and nature of the true ownership and control of lottery vendors, any person who submits a bid, proposal or offer as part of a procurement for a contract for the pri…

No contract for a major procurement with any lottery vendor shall be entered into if any control person of that lottery vendor has been convicted of a crime, unless, after investigation, the finding of the commission determines that the crime bears no relationship to the lottery …

(1) A lottery contractor shall perform its contract consistent with the laws of this state, federal law, and laws of the state or states in which the lottery contractor, in whole or in part, performs services or produces goods required by the contract. (2) At the time specified i…

Subject to rules adopted by the commission, the Director of the Oregon State Lottery may enter into all contracts necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. The rules shall cover contracts for materials, supplies, equipment, services and professional services and to th…

In establishing its schedule of payments to contractors, the Oregon State Lottery Commission shall undertake to develop a system that maximizes the net revenue to the state for the public purpose consistent with providing a reasonable rate of return for contractors. [1991 c.962 §…

(1) Except for such moneys as are necessary to temporarily fund the start-up of the state-operated lottery established by the Constitution of the State of Oregon and this chapter, the Oregon State Lottery shall operate as a self-supporting revenue-raising agency of state governme…

(1) All money payable to the commission shall be deposited in a fund known as the State Lottery Fund. The State Lottery Fund shall receive all proceeds from the sale of lottery tickets or shares, the temporary loan for initial start-up costs and all other moneys credited to the O…

(1) For purposes of this section: (a) “Dedicated fund” means a fund in the county treasury, or a separate account in the county treasury, that is dedicated, appropriated or set aside for purposes that further economic development. (b) “Furthering economic development” has the mea…

(1) The Director of the Oregon State Lottery is authorized to establish in the State Treasury checking accounts as may be required to disburse by check the payment of any disbursement authorized by ORS 461.510 (2) from the State Lottery Fund as well as any transfer to the State L…

There is hereby created within the General Fund the Oregon State Lottery Fund which is continuously appropriated for the purpose of administering and operating the commission and the Oregon State Lottery. [1985 c.2 §1(6); 1985 c.302 §1(6)]

The Intercollegiate Athletic Fund is created separate and distinct from the General Fund. The fund shall consist of revenues credited to the Sports Lottery Account under ORS 461.543 (4) and any other revenues available to the fund. [1989 c.828 §1; 1991 c.461 §81; 1991 c.962 §3; 2…

(1) There is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund. All moneys transferred from the State Lottery Fund, interest earnings credited to this fund and other moneys authorized to be transferred to this fund from wh…

(1) Except as otherwise specified in subsection (5) of this section, the Sports Lottery Account is continuously appropriated to and shall be used by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to fund sports programs at public universities listed in ORS 352.002. Seventy percent …

All net proceeds from video lottery games shall be allocated to the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund. [1991 c.461 §§1,78; 1993 c.18 §118; 1995 c.814 §9] Note: 461.544 to 461.549, 461.555, 461.725 and 461.740 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but w…

(1) The Oregon State Lottery Commission shall transfer an amount equal to 2.5 percent of the net receipts from video lottery games allocated to the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to counties for economic development activities. Ninety percent of the moneys shal…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Oregon State Lottery Commission shall meet the constitutional requirements for prizes and administrative costs separately for video and all other lottery games. The lottery commission shall not intermingle the results of video lotte…