At their website http://www.oregonlottery.com/games/video-lottery you can read about the video poker games and video line games you will find in Oregon. They offer five video poker games and 51 video line games. As the companies involved are IGT, Bally's and Spielo you will see a lot of the games that you are familiar with in your jurisdiction. They also publish the payback percentages of these games. The paybacks are the same on every machine no matter the location.
The video poker is abysmal. The best games, Flush Bonus by Spielo, Flush Fever by IGT, and Flush Frenzy by Bally's have RTP's in the 95.5% range. The Deuces Wild game returns 90.88% to 91.22% depending on your bet level. Pickem has a return of 91..9%. There is a pending lawsuit in Oregon over their use of the auto-hold on video poker. All the games have auto-hold. It is estimated that the hold is 3% more than the intrinsic value of the games because of the auto-holds steering players to inferior draws.
The line games have returns in the 92% range. I visited several of these mini-casinos and the line games were definitely more popular with the players than video poker. That seems to be the trend these days. I've visited several of the Indian Casinos-and Deadwood-in the northwest and video line games dominate the casino floors.
The Oregon Lottery, after the state income tax, is the second biggest contributor to the Oregon State Budget.
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