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2013 Press Releases

05/20 - $40 Million Just Isn’t What It Used to Be

05/03 - Lottery Players Soon to Have Free Chance at Millions

03/14 - Winning Oregon Lottery® St. Patrick’s Day Raffle^SM Numbers Announced

03/11 - Winning $1 Million St. Patrick’s Day Raffle Number to be
            Announced Thursday, March 14

03/04 - National Problem Gambling Awareness Week Observed

02/12 - Oregon Lottery Introduces More Ways to Win

01/16 - St. Patrick’s Day Raffle^SM Tickets on Sale Sunday


2012 Press Releases

12/07 - Lottery Tickets are not Child’s Play - Give Responsibly this Holiday Season

11/28 - Powerball Jackpot Increased to $550 Million!

11/27 - Powerball Jackpot Increased to $500 Million!

11/20 - Winning $1 Million Thanksgiving Raffle Number to be Announced
            Thanksgiving Night at Woodburn Company Stores

10/29 - Oregon Lottery Commission Adopts Equipment Management Rules

10/26 - Less than 40,000 Thanksgiving Raffle^SM Tickets Remain

09/27 - Thanksgiving Raffle^SM Tickets on Sale Sunday

09/24 - Problem Gambling Awareness Day is Sept. 29

09/21 - Oregon Lottery Awarded Top Honors for Responsible Gambling Ad

08/14 - Powerball® Jackpot Increased for Wednesday’s Drawing $320 Million

05/11 - Lottery Commission Chair Steve Ungar Steps Down

04/05 - Record sales in OR from Mega Millions jackpot

03/29 - Mega Millions Jackpot Bumped to $540 Million!

03/26 - Mega Millions Jackpot Increased to $363 Million

03/16 - Winning Oregon Lottery® St. Patrick’s Day Raffle^SM Numbers Announced

03/04 - Problem Gambling Awareness Week Observed

02/10 - Saturday's Powerball® Jackpot Increased to $325 Million

01/25 - Airport Road Bridge Now Open

01/24 - Limited Access to Lottery Office in Salem

01/18 - St. Patrick’s Day Raffle Tickets on Sale January 22

01/10 - Powerball enhancements begin January 15


2011 Press Releases

12/16 - Lottery Marketing Strategies Advisory Group Formed

11/29 - Gresham Resident Claims $1,000,000 Thanksgiving Raffle Prize

11/29 - Powerball Game Changes

11/22 - Winning Oregon Lottery ® Thanksgiving Raffle Number Announced

11/03 - Oregon Lottery Receives International Responsible Gambling Award

11/02 - Halloween Day Purchase Proves to be $1,000-a-week-for-life Treat

11/02 - Oregon Lottery Continues Search For $21.8 Million Megabucks^SM Winner

10/26 - Thanksgiving Raffle Tickets are Gone

10/24 - Less than 19,000 Thanksgiving Raffle Tickets Remain

10/21 - Less than 50,000 Thanksgiving Raffle Tickets Remain

09/29 - Portland's Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside Featured in Lottery Ad

09/28 - Oregon Lottery® Thanksgiving Raffle Returns

09/26 - Oregon Lottery® Launches New Problem Gambling TV Campaign

09/09 - Oregon Lottery® Appoints New Chief Operating Officer

08/09 - Lottery Sales Exceed Previous Year’s

06/29 - Megabucks^SM Jackpot Still Growing

06/24 - Elusive Megabucks Jackpot Grows

04/15 - 15th Annual Oregon Lottery® Scratch-it^SM for Schools Events - Pendleton

04/15 - 15th Annual Oregon Lottery® Scratch-it^SM for Schools Events - Ontario

04/01 - 15th Annual Oregon Lottery® Scratch-it^SM for Schools Events

03/29 - Lottery Launches New Problem Gambling Public Awareness Campaign

03/24 - Mega Millions® Jackpot Springs to $312 Million

03/17 - St. Patrick’s Day Raffle^SM Winning Number

02/16 - Fewer than 30,000 St. Patrick’s Day Raffle Tickets Remain

01/21 - St. Patrick’s Day Raffle Tickets on Sale Sunday

01/18 - Popular St. Patrick’s Day Raffle Returns!

01/04 - Mega Millions Jackpot #4 Among All-time Jackpots


2010 Press Releases

12/28 - Mega Millions^® Jackpot Climbs to $196 Million

12/06 - Oregon Lottery® Urges Responsible Holiday Gift Giving

11/23 - Winning Thanksgiving Raffle Numbers Announced

11/19 - Thanksgiving Raffle^SM Tickets Sold Out

11/19 - Thanksgiving Raffle^SM Less than 5,000 Tickets Left

11/12 - Thanksgiving Raffle^SM Closes in on Less than 50,000 Tickets Remaining

10/15 - Thanksgiving Raffle^SM Tickets Half Gone

10/08 - Powerball^®/Mega Millions Cash Vault Event Winners Grab Thousands in Cash!

09/23 - Thanksgiving Raffle Tickets on Sale Sunday, September 26

05/13 - 4^th of July Raffle^SM

04/13 - Powerball Games Jackpots Offer Two Chances at Over $100 Million

01/22 - St. Patrick’s Day Raffle^SM

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