Oregon Hoping for Revenue Boost

The great state of Oregon has fallen prey to the slot machine myth. They had brought in slot machines in order to boost revenues within the state and had seen them do well for them for many years. However, the economy being what it is, slot machine revenues have dropped off. This is how it works unfortunately for many states. They bring in slot machines in the hope that it will solve their budgetary woes, and initially they seem to be a good fit. However, eventually, people stop playing them and use their money for things like electricity instead.
 
But Oregon remains undaunted and says that it is not the fact that people don't have the money to play slot machines, is that they do not want to play slot machines that they have. The state has decided that it is going to bring in new slot machines and put them in different locations because they think this is going to get people to play. They have installed 400 new slot machine games in bars around the state, and eventually will have put in more than 2000 new slot machines when they are done.
 
The director of their lottery is hoping that by bringing in new machines that they will be able to entice people to come play who may not have necessarily played in a while. They know that major slot machine Mecca’s like Atlantic City and Las Vegas have seen drastic reductions in the amount of slot machine revenue that they are bringing in, but they feel that they might be able to ward off the trend by simply bringing in better games.
 
They say that they are aware that although the slot machine industry was initially thought of as being recession proof, this does not necessarily seem to be the case any longer. However, they also think that perhaps people are bored, and thus the new machines will be brought in.

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