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Oregon Lottery Expects to Debut Online Sports Gambling Tomorrow

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After repeated delays, the Oregon Lottery says its first foray into online and app-based gaming will launch as soon as tomorrow, Oct. 16.Get more news about 彩票包网服务,you can vist loto98.com Scoreboard, which will allow anyone in Oregon to place bets on professional sports, was supposed to be ready in time for the start of the NFL season—and is now debuting. But this may be just the start of the Lottery's move online.

Records obtained by WW from the Lottery's correspondence with Gov. Kate Brown's office show Lottery officials hope to add to online gaming—offering Jackpot draws, Scratch-its and Keno online, as well as "second-draws" for losing tickets. Lottery spokesman Matt Shelby says those ideas are in the early stages. "Long term, we'd like to [offer other options online], but we don't have any specific roadmap to offer other products for sale via the digital channel," Shelby. "We have focused more on what we won't sell: Video Lottery-type games."

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The winner, identified as "Joe B.," won two Powerball jackpots on Wednesday, March 25 — worth $1 million each. "Joe B." claimed the winnings Friday. The winning tickets were both sold to "Joe B." on Lake Avenue in Pueblo: one at a 7-Eleven (926 Lake Ave.), the other at a Loaf and Jug (2050 Lake Ave.). According to Colorado Lottery's Communications Director Meghan Dougherty, "Joe B." bought one ticket in the morning, the other in the evening.

That isn't Pueblo's only lottery success story as of late — a $2 million winning ticket was sold in Wednesday's Powerball drawing at Alta Convenience on 2801 N. Elizabeth. Colorado Springs got a share of the luck, too. Another ticket, worth $1 million, also sold in the Wednesday drawing, was bought at Fontaine at 5 Widefield Blvd.Earlier in April, the Colorado Lottery received approval to process winning tickets worth $10,000 or more at a touch-free, drive-through claims office in Pueblo in light of COVID-19. Winners must make an appointment, and can do so by calling the Colorado Lottery offices at 1-800-999-2959 to set appointments.
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