167.116 Rulemaking for certain exceptions under ORS 167.117. (1) The Oregon State Lottery Commission shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 167.117 (9)(c)(E) and (20)(b).
(2) Devices authorized by the Oregon State Lottery Commission for the purposes described in ORS 167.117 (9)(c)(E) and (20)(b) are exempted from the provisions of 15 U.S.C. 1172. [1999 c.193 §2; 2001 c.502 §6]
Note: 167.116 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 167 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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Chapter 167 — Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals
2025 EDITION
GENERAL WELFARE AND ANIMAL OFFENSES
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
PROSTITUTION AND RELATED OFFENSES
OBSCENITY AND RELATED OFFENSES
GAMBLING OFFENSES
OFFENSES INVOLVING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
OFFENSES AGAINST ANIMALS
OFFENSES INVOLVING FIGHTING BIRDS
OFFENSES INVOLVING UNUSED PROPERTY MARKETS
OFFENSES INVOLVING TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND INHALANT DELIVERY SYSTEMS
MISCELLANEOUS
PROSTITUTION AND RELATED OFFENSES
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167.116 Rulemaking for certain exceptions under ORS 167.117. (1) The Oregon State Lottery Commission shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 167.117 (9)(c)(E) and (20)(b).
(2) Devices authorized by the Oregon State Lottery Commission for the purposes described in ORS 167.117 (9)(c)(E) and (20)(b) are exempted from the provisions of 15 U.S.C. 1172. [1999 c.193 §2; 2001 c.502 §6]
Note: 167.116 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 167 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
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Oregon criminal law — ORS Title 16 (2025 snapshot) · legal_authorities
167.117 Definitions for ORS 167.108 to 167.164 and 464.270 to 464.530. As used in ORS 167.108 to 167.164 and 464.270 to 464.530, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Bingo or lotto” means a game, played with cards bearing lines of numbers, in which a player covers or uncovers a number selected from a container, and which is won by a player who is present during the game and who first covers or uncovers the selected numbers in a designated combination, sequence or pattern.
(2) “Bookmaker” means a person who unlawfully accepts a bet from a member of the public upon the outcome of a future contingent event and who charges or accepts a percentage, fee or vigorish on the wager.
(3) “Bookmaking” means promoting gambling by unlawfully accepting bets from members of the public as a business, rather than in a casual or personal fashion, upon the outcomes of future contingent events.
(4) “Casino game” means any of the traditional gambling-based games commonly known as dice, faro, monte, roulette, fan-tan, twenty-one, blackjack, Texas hold-’em, seven-and-a-half, big injun, klondike, craps, poker, chuck-a-luck, Chinese chuck-a-luck (dai shu), wheel of fortune, chemin de fer, baccarat, pai gow, beat the banker, panquinqui, red dog, acey-deucey, or any other gambling-based game similar in form or content.
(5)(a) “Charitable, fraternal or religious organization” means any person that is:
(A) Organized and existing for charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, humane, patriotic, religious, philanthropic, recreational, social, educational, civic, fraternal or other nonprofit purposes; and
(B) Exempt from payment of federal income taxes because of its charitable, fraternal or religious purposes.
(b) The fact that contributions to an organization profiting from a contest of cha
**(a) General rule** It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport any gambling device to any place in a State or a possession of the United States from any place outside of such State or possession: Provided, That this section shall not apply to transportation of any gambling device to a place in any State which has enacted a law providing for the exemption of such State from the provisions of this section, or to a place in any subdivision of a State if the State in which such subdivision is located has enacted a law providing for the exemption of such subdivision from the provisions of this section, nor shall this section apply to any gambling device used or designed for use at and transported to licensed gambling establishments where betting is legal under applicable State laws: Provided, further, That it shall not be unlawful to transport in interstate or foreign commerce any gambling device into any State in which the transported gambling device is specifically enumerated as lawful in a statute of that State.
**(b) Authority of Federal Trade Commission** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with or reduce the authority, or the existing interpretation of the authority, of the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act [[15 U.S.C. 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section41&num=0&edition=prelim) et. seq.].
**(c) Exception** This section does not prohibit the transport of a gambling device to a place in a State or a possession of the United States on a vessel on a voyage, if—
(1) use of the gambling device on a portion of that voyage is, by reason of subsection (b) of [section 1175 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1175&num=0&edition
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 1172. Transportation of gambling devices as un-
lawful;
exceptions;
authority
of
Federal
Trade Commission
(a) General rule
It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport
any gambling device to any place in a State or
a possession of the United States from any place
outside of such State or possession: Provided,
That this section shall not apply to transpor-
tation of any gambling device to a place in any
State which has enacted a law providing for the
exemption of such State from the provisions of
this section, or to a place in any subdivision of
a State if the State in which such subdivision is
located has enacted a law providing for the ex-
emption of such subdivision from the provisions
of this section, nor shall this section apply to
any gambling device used or designed for use at
and transported to licensed gambling establish-
ments where betting is legal under applicable
State laws: Provided, further, That it shall not be
unlawful to transport in interstate or foreign
commerce any gambling device into any State
in which the transported gambling device is spe-
cifically enumerated as lawful in a statute of
that State.
(b) Authority of Federal Trade Commission
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
interfere with or reduce the authority, or the ex-
isting interpretation of the authority, of the
Federal Trade Commission under the Federal
Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et. seq.].
(c) Exception
This section does not prohibit the transport of
a gambling device to a place in a State or a pos-
session of the United States on a vessel on a
voyage, if—
(1) use of the gambling device on a portion of
that voyage is, by reason of subsection (b) of
section 1175 of this title, not a violation of
that section; and
(2) the gambling d
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