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Oregon Lottery Attempts to Increase Revenue The agency will buy updated terminals with a new game, 3-Way Action Poker, that it hopes will attract more players SALEM -- Oregon lottery commissioners agreed Friday to buy updated video poker terminals loaded with a new game they hope will pump up players -- and help generate extra dollars demanded by the Legislature. In the absence of any big-picture policy direction from Gov. Ted Kulongoski, commissioners are scrambling to find in-house means to squeeze more money out of state-sponsored gambling to pay for state programs. Legislators didn't give the commission much direction, either,...

Huge Scandal Erupts over Oregon Lottery's Handling of $ 800,000 in Free-Spending Perks Lottery's No. 2 director approved perks By JANIE HAR SALEM -- As the Oregon State Lottery's No. 2 director, Lee Moore signed off on many of the free-spending perks that have embarrassed the agency in recent months. In fact, Moore outpaced lottery Director Chris Lyons in approving expenses for support services, an area that state auditors focused on in a recent report listing nearly $800,000 in "questionable" expenses for 2001. The Oregonian examined Moore's expense sheets, as well as consulting contracts and employee gifts under his division,...