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Oregon’s only oceanfront casino offers a lot more than gambling

Oregon's only oceanfront casino is a lot of other things, too. The Chinook Winds Casino Resort is also one of Oregon's best and biggest oceanfront hotels, for example, as well as one of the coast's biggest event venues. It's also home to a surprisingly dense collection of dining options in the heart of Lincoln City. Of course, it's not the only…
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Oregon’s only oceanfront casino offers a lot more than gambling
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Winner of $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from Laos who has cancer

One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week. Cheng "Charlie" Saephan, 46, of Portland, told a news conference held by the Oregon Lottery on Monday that he and his 37-year-old wife, Duanpen, are taking half the…
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Winner of $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from Laos who has cancer
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Gaming and Casinos Near Portland

If you've got a passion for poker or want to give the roulette wheel a spin, test your luck at these gaming centers and casinos near Portland. Located just off Southeast Division Street is the most spacious poker room in the city, the Final Table Poker Club. With buy-ins at as low as $20, the Final Table offers multiple Texas Hold'em and Big O…
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Justice Department: Gambling center plan unconstitutional

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Department of Justice has released an opinion that the planned gambling machines in an entertainment center next to the Grants Pass Downs horse racing track amount to a casino that would violate the Oregon Constitution. The Justice Department ruled Friday that the machines are games of chance and "do not afford…
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Justice Department: Gambling center plan unconstitutional
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Oregon DOJ: The Flying Lark is a prohibited casino

The Oregon Department of Justice has ruled that the 225 machines critical to a proposed horse racing-themed hospitality and wagering center in Grants Pass would not comply with Oregon law. The opinion issued to the Oregon Racing Commission Friday determined that the Historic Horse Racing terminals planned for The Flying Lark differ from live horse…
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Oregon DOJ: The Flying Lark is a prohibited casino
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Dutch Bros founder's Grants Pass gambling plans violate Oregon Constitution, attorney general says

The Oregon Constitution won't allow the billionaire co-founder of a drive-thru coffee chain to add a casino-like resort to a Grants Pass horse track he owns, the state Justice Department said in a legal opinion released Friday. The 9-page opinion by Renee Stineman, chief counsel in the department's General Counsel Division, responded to an inquiry…
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Dutch Bros founder's Grants Pass gambling plans violate Oregon Constitution, attorney general says
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Dutch Bros founder’s plan for Grants Pass gambling center unconstitutional, Oregon Justice Department finds

Travis Boersma seemed on the home stretch to revive horse racing in Oregon. But it appears he could finish out of the money. The Oregon Department of Justice on Friday released its opinion that the gambling machines the Dutch Bros co-founder intends to put in an entertainment center adjacent to the Grants Pass Downs track amount to a casino that…
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Dutch Bros founder’s plan for Grants Pass gambling center unconstitutional, Oregon Justice Department finds
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Gambling venture in Grants Pass comes under fire from tribes

Travis Boersma has a plan to make Grants Pass Downs, a race track he went to as a kid, the epicenter of horse racing in Oregon. "I've got some of my most fond memories of being at the horse races," Boersma said. "The sport itself and the community that would come out and attend." Boersma is one of the founders of Dutch Bros coffee, which recently…
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Gambling venture in Grants Pass comes under fire from tribes
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Gambling venture files legal challenge against Oregon commission

GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Backers of a Southern Oregon gaming and entertainment venue have filed a legal petition against the Oregon Racing Commission over purported licensing delays for gambling machines. The petition, filed in Josephine County Circuit Court, suggests the delays may be driven by tribal concerns over the gambling operation, Oregon Public…
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Gambling venture files legal challenge against Oregon commission
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Gambling venture files legal challenge against OR commission

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Backers of a Southern Oregon gaming and entertainment venue have filed a legal petition against the Oregon Racing Commission over purported licensing delays for gambling machines. The petition, filed in Josephine County Circuit Court, suggests the delays may be driven by tribal concerns over the gambling operation, Oregon…
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