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Oregon & U.S. Spending on Gambling

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Oregon

  1. The Oregon Lottery had net sales of $1,245.5 billion in fiscal year 2008 (Oregon Lottery, 2008).
  2. Oregonians spent $1.6 billion in 2006 on all forms of gambling, equaling $434 per adult; this represents a 13 percent increase over 2005 (ECONorthwest, 2008).
  3. Oregon’s casinos garnered about 32 percent of all gambling dollars spent by Oregonians in 2006, a decline compared to 2005 (ECONorthwest, 2008).

Oregon spending on gambling

U.S.

  1. During fiscal year 2006, U.S. lottery proceeds totaled $57.4 billion (NASPL, 2006)
  2. According to the 2006 Gross Annual Wager Report, Americans lost nearly $91 billion on all forms of gambling combined.
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