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Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard
SALEM - Starting early next month, an actor dressed as a knight will urge Oregonians to try their hands at video gambling.
In one TV ad, this "knight of fun" gives a novice a ride on a white horse from his dreary living room to a neighborhood bar, where video terminals with slot machine-style games await.
The Oregon Lottery is hoping people take the cue and venture into any of Oregon's 2,353 video lottery retailers after a Jan. 1 smoking ban forces all the establishments to go smoke free.
