Oregon Racing, Inc. v. Oregon State Lottery

281 Submitted September 24, 2019, affirmed March 31, 2021 OREGON RACING, INC., Petitioner, v. OREGON STATE LOTTERY, Respondent. Oregon State Lottery Agency A168343

485 P3d 912

Oregon Racing, Inc. (ORI), which operated a card room at the Portland Meadows racetrack, sought a declaratory ruling from the Oregon State Lottery as to whether two of ORI’s practices—(1) charging a door fee to all patrons in the area used for poker playing and (2) exchanging players’ chips and holding their money during poker games—disqualified ORI from the “social games” exception to statutory prohibitions on unlawful…