The Oregon Lottery had net sales of $1,245.5 billion in fiscal year 2008 (Oregon Lottery, 2008).
Oregonians spent $1.6 billion in 2006 on all forms of gambling, equaling $434 per adult; this represents a 13 percent increase over 2005 (ECONorthwest, 2008).
Oregon's casinos garnered about 32 percent of all gambling dollars spent by Oregonians in 2006, a decline compared to 2005 (ECONorthwest, 2008).
Those entering in Oregon treatment had combined debt related to gambling of over $37 million (Moore, 2007)
U.S. spending on gambling
During fiscal year 2006, U.S. lottery proceeds totaled $57.4 billion (NASPL, 2006
According to the 2006 Gross Annual Wager Report, Americans lost nearly $91 billion on all forms of gambling combined.
