Benefits of Becoming a Lottery Retailer
A partnership with the Oregon Lottery offers you the opportunity to sell Lottery products that provide entertainment for your customers to play, increases your bottom line and attracts new customers for all your product categories. Last year, Oregon retailers sold over one billion dollars in Lottery products, generating millions in commissions for retail businesses across the state.
Selling Lottery products also helps the state of Oregon by generating profits which help fund thousands of critical projects and programs throughout the state.
Benefits of Selling Traditional Products
Traditional products include a wide variety of Scratch-its and eight draw games including Powerball, Mega Millions, Oregon’s Game Megabucks, Keno, Win For Life, Lucky Lines, Pick 4, and Raffle.
The Oregon Lottery offers Traditional game commissions at 8%. The average single-register Lottery retailer sells $115,197 Traditional products annually. At an average of $2 per transaction, that’s approximately $8,700 per year commission back in your pocket.
Cashing Bonus
In addition to commissions, the Lottery offers a prize payment bonus of 1% on all tickets paid out in your establishment.
Selling Bonus
The Lottery offers a 1% selling bonus for all validated prizes $10,000 and above. The maximum paid on the 1% selling bonus is $100,000.
Guaranteed Sales
We make it easy for you to carry and sell Scratch-it tickets and will buy back any tickets that are not selling.
Benefits of Video Lottery
Putting state-of-the-art Video Lottery game terminals that feature video poker and line games into your establishment provides your customers with entertainment along with an additional source of revenue for your business.
| Dollars Played per Year | Compensation/Percent of Dollars Played |
|---|---|
| Up to $2,250,000 | 2.2% |
| $2,250,000.01 – $4,000,000 | 1.75% |
| $4,000,000.01 – $6,500,000 | 1.5% |
| $6,500,000.01 and up | 1.34% |
*Commission rates as outlined in OAR 177-040-0026(4)
Having the Oregon Lottery in our small business has been a blessing.— Armando Robles, owner of La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant, La Grande
Support We Provide to Retailers
Operational support
- Free Retailer training both at the Lottery and on-site at your location
- Service technicians are available to service/repair your equipment
- Hotline support, seven days a week, from 7 AM – 8 PM.
- A dedicated sales representative who will make bi-weekly calls to your establishment
- A sales specialist who will call you to make sure all of your needs are addressed
Equipment
The Lottery provides and installs the following equipment at no charge:
- Video Lottery terminals
- Sales terminals and supporting equipment
- Dispensers for Scratch-it tickets
- Interior and/or exterior signs to promote Lottery in your establishment
- LCD flat screen monitor
Marketing support
- Promotions – During the course of the year we offer many promotions to help grow your business – all designed to help boost awareness and drive sales.
- Advertising – At no cost to you, the Lottery produces statewide advertising which educates your customers about the Lottery games they may want to play. We traditionally run TV, radio, outdoor advertising, Internet campaigns and other means of support to excite your customers about Lottery games. Point-of-sale materials are also provided for your establishment to help drive awareness and increase sales.
Lottery Retailer Costs
One-time set-up costs
- A one-time Network Service Deposit of $634* is required to start the application process. After we receive the required Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) form, the deposit will be electronically transferred from your bank account. You will receive the EFT form from your Field Contracts Consultant.
For Traditional Products
- The installation of dedicated electrical power for the online terminal.
For Video Lottery
- The installation of dedicated electrical power for the Video Lottery terminals
- Any remodeling costs associated with providing an age-controlled area
Recurring costs
- All electrical power costs
For Traditional Products
- Non-dedicated power for the Keno monitor
- The costs are $73 for Traditional Lottery products (if you offer both Traditional and Video Lottery products the monthly fee is $211)
- Monthly telephone charges for Traditional only are $7
For Video Lottery
- Department of Revenue Amusement Tax Fee of $135 per terminal, per year and will be charged each July. For new video terminal installations, this will be pro-rated based on the state year.
- The costs $211 for Video Lottery products (if you offer both Traditional and Video Lottery products the monthly fee is $211).