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Oregon Lottery Report Says Retailers Get More Than Fair Share of Profits.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2004
By Janie Har, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 11--SALEM, Ore. -- Video poker retailers in Oregon need less than $10,000 a year in compensation to get a fair rate of return on their lottery investment, according to an independent consultant's report released Tuesday.
Instead, about 1,900 bars and taverns received an average of $80,000 in compensation this past fiscal year for carrying the Oregon State Lottery's video poker terminals.
The report, commissioned by the lottery and conducted by economic consulting firm ECONorthwest, also says retailers with video poker machines do not employ more staff than bars, taverns and restaurants without the terminals.
The Oregon Restaurant Association...
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