Lottery Headquarters open Thursday, Video Lottery terminals disabled

by Patrick Johnson

In compliance with Governor Brown’s recent executive order on social distancing, Oregon Lottery is disabling play on its statewide network of Video Lottery terminals, effective at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

Video Lottery terminals will be disabled until further notice. Terminals will remain in the field and Lottery staff will continue providing scheduled maintenance.

In addition, the Oregon Lottery main headquarters at 500 Airport Road SE in Salem will re-open Thursday, March 19 for regular business hours.  The closure this week was in response to information received regarding a non-public facing employee who is sick with flu-like systems was tested for COVID-19. Lottery did not wait for the results to come in before acting. The deep clean of the building is complete and went faster than expected.

Lottery has contacted anyone who worked in close contact with the individual, so they can self-quarantine as a precaution.

Players needing to collect prizes today may still do so at the Wilsonville payment center, or through the mail.