“Oregon is uniquely dependent on lottery tax revenue at the expense of our public health,” says Kitty Martz, executive director of the advocacy group Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery.
The state’s reliance on gambling makes critics uncomfortable. The player base is still maturing, and sports betting is becoming much more mainstream.” “We launched with Scoreboard and then switched to DraftKings,” Shelby says. Lottery spokesman Matt Shelby says the agency is pleased with the growth of its sports book, which since 2022 has been operated under a new contract with DraftKings. Although sports betting accounts for just a small fraction (3.3%) of total lottery sales last year, the agency is counting on young sports bettors to replace some the aging video lottery players over time.
