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November 6, 1984: Oregon Voters Approve State Lottery Measures

November 6, 2011 by Dave Leave a Comment

Oregonian headline, 7 November 1984
On November 6, 1984 Oregon voters approved two ballot measures establishing the Oregon Lottery (The Oregonian, 7 November 1984)

Measure 4, which amends the Oregon Constitution to allow a lottery, and measure 5, which specifies how the lottery would operate, won strong approval.

The lottery measures require profits from the state-operated games to be used for economic development and allow the lottery to start 105 days after the state Senate confirms at least three lottery commisioners and a director.

The first scratch tickets were issued on April 25, 1985.

Filed Under: History, Oregon, Politics, This Day in History

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