The Lottery is empowered under Colorado Revised Statute 24-35-201 and all rules contained within the statute define the Colorado Lottery's powers, responsibilities and duties. Any changes to the current statute governing operation of the Colorado Lottery must be made by way of legislative action.
The Colorado Lottery sold its first ticket in January 1983, with Lotto beginning in January 1989, Keno in September 1991 and Cash 5 starting in September 1996 and Perfecto Games in April 1998.
The Lottery's product mix includes three On-Line games, Lotto, Cash5 and Perfecto Games, along with a mix of Scratch games.
Lottery proceeds are distributed to four fund recipients; the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (state parks), the Conservation Trust Fund (local parks and recreation), the Capital Construction Fund (public buildings), and the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (open space, wildlife, parks and recreation, and environmental education programs).
The Colorado Lottery is a highly computerized operation. Computers are used to monitor over 2,700 retailers, including 100,000+ validations daily making it the largest computer network in the state.
A five-member oversight commission governs the Colorado Lottery, with each commissioner appointed by the governor. Lottery headquarters is located in Pueblo; other offices are in Denver, Fort Collins and Grand Junction.

Colorado Gambling Tax Revenues Increase With New Law, But Fail to Meet Predictions
DENVER, Clorado (July 2, 2010) - Colorado gambling tax revenue is up one year after casinos started expanding their hours, games and betting limits under a new law. But it's not up as much as expected...................Subscribers

Lottery Launches Grocery, Gas and Games Giveaway
DENVER, Colorado (June 1, 2010) – The Colorado Lottery is teaming with King Soopers and City Market to give shoppers the chance to win a year’s worth of groceries, gas and Lottery tickets..............Subscribers

Mega Millions Tickets Go On Sale in Colorado
DENVER, Colorado (May 16, 2010) - Mega Millions lottery tickets are now on sale in Colorado..............Subscribers

Lawmakers Look To Lottery To Help Higher Education
DENVER, Colorado (May 16, 2010) - Colorado's universities and colleges are facing a dramatic funding shortage that will need a dramatic solution, and they could get help from the lottery...............Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Launches Mega Millions
Colorado Lottery will begin selling Mega Millions tickets May 16th, giving Colorado residents the chance to score big jackpots four nights a week
DENVER, Colorado (May 10, 2010) - The Colorado Lottery will begin selling Mega Millions tickets May 16th, giving Colorado residents the chance to score big jackpots four nights a week. The Jackpot game, sold in 39 localities nationwide, will join Powerball as the other mega Jackpot game offered by the Lottery...............Subscribers

Senate Education Committee Rejects Bill Allowing the State Lottery to Create New Games
DENVER, Colorado (May 5, 2010) - It was reported today that Colorado lawmakers have rejected a bill allowing the state lottery to create new games to raise money for higher education.......................Subscribers

KENO Could Help Pay For Higher Education
DENVER, Colorado (April 25, 2010) - Colorado voters could decide if gambling should be allow in bars and restaurants to defer tuition costs at state universities..................Subscribers

Lottery Awards $1.2 Million In Second-Chance Prizes
DENVER, Colorado (April 23, 2010) – The Colorado Lottery held five second chance drawings this week, providing prizes worth more than $1.2 million to 103 players. Nancy Johnson was one of those winners. The Pueblo resident was shocked when she received an email Wednesday from the Colorado Lottery, informing her she’d won a pair of season tickets for the Denver Broncos’ upcoming season....................Subscribers

Lawmakers Pitch Keno Game to Fund Higher Education
DENVER, Colorado (April 22, 2010) – Reports two Southern Colorado lawmakers plan to propose a referred measure that would ask Colorado voters to allow a video keno lottery game..............Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Launches Aerosmith-Themed Scratch Game
DENVER, Colorado (April 5, 2010) - The Colorado Lottery is offering consumers the chance to rock their way to riches with a new Aerosmith-branded Scratch game. The $5 Aerosmith-themed tickets go on sale today and feature three, $100,000 top prizes....................Subscibers

All Colorado Lottery Scratch Tickets Now Eligible for "Second Chance"
For the first time, every Scratch game offered by the Colorado Lottery is eligible for entry into a second-chance drawing online. The Lottery offers second-chance drawings for 25 to 30 select Scratch games annually
DENVER, Colorado (March 26, 2010 -- For the first time, every Scratch game offered by the Colorado Lottery is eligible for entry into a second-chance drawing online..................Subscribers

Economic Downturn Cutting Into State’s Lottery Revenue, Not Seeing Any Growth, Sales Down About Two Percent This Year
FORT COLLINS, Colorado (March 12, 2010) – According to reports the economic downturn has been cutting into the Colorado Lottery’s revenue stream in recent years, although not as much as might be expected in a time when many people have less disposable income to spend on a ticket.......................Subscribers

Lottery Launches New Jackpot Game
MatchPlay Offers Rolling, $100,000 Jackpot
DENVOR, Colorado (February 21, 2010) -The Colorado Lottery launched its first new Jackpot game in nine years Sunday. Called MatchPlay, the game offers a rolling, $100,000 jackpot and more ways to win than the Lottery’s current Jackpot games....................Subscribers

Lottery Launches New Jackpot Game
MatchPlay offers rolling, $100,000 jackpot
DENVER, Colorado (February 14, 2010) – The Colorado Lottery will launch its first new Jackpot game in nine years next week. Called MatchPlay, the game will offer a rolling, $100,000 jackpot and more ways to win than the Lottery’s current Jackpot games......................Subscribers

Colorado to Add Second Multistate Lottery Game; Lottery Commission Approves Mega Millions
DENVER, Colorado (February 11, 2010) - The Colorado Lottery Commission approved the sale of the Mega Millions Jackpot game in Colorado at its monthly meeting Wednesday morning. The game, which is now being offered in 35 jurisdictions nationwide, could begin selling in Colorado in mid-Ma...................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Signs Philadelphia Agency Domus to Recruit Retail Outlets
DENVER, Colorado (February 12, 2010) -- The Colorado Lottery has contracted with Philadelphia marketing agency Domus Inc. to help it recruit retail sales outlets.................Subscribers

Mega Millions Lottery Game Coming To Colorado
Game Has Starting Jackpot Of $12 Million
DENVER, Colorado (February 10, 2010) - Lottery players will have a new game to look forward to after the Colorado Lottery Commission approved the sale of the Mega Millions Jackpot game on Wednesday....................Subscribers

Lottery Director Boehm Resigns, Headed to Home State
DENVER, Colorado (January 4, 2010) - The executive director of the Colorado Lottery has resigned but will stay on as a consultant to the state agency for the time being....................Subscribers

Aerosmith to Rock on $5 Scratch Ticket
Commission Members Briefed of an Impending Surge in the Number of States Offering Mega Millions Tickets
COLORADO, USA (November 19, 2009) - The rock band Aerosmith will be featured on a new $5 scratch ticket the Colorado Lottery will offer come March.......................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Expanding Popular Cash 5 Drawing to Sundays
DENVER, Colorado (November 18, 2009) -- The Colorado Lottery’s most winnable jackpot game is about to provide consumers with even more chances to win. The Lottery is adding a Sunday night drawing for Cash 5 starting Nov. 22nd, providing players the opportunity to win the game’s $20,000 jackpot every day of the week.......................Subscribers

Controversial Gambling Law Turns Casinos Into ‘de-facto’ Debt Collectors
DENVER, Colorado (October 16, 2009) – It was reported today that more than $600,000 has been withheld from winnings of parents who gamble in Colorado, and who are behind in their child-support payments.........................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Sales Dip; Profit Rises
Lowered payouts on scratch-off games more than offset a decline in tickets sold. Vendor bonuses fell too
DENVER, Colorado (September 30, 2009) -- The Colorado Lottery last year sold fewer scratch-off tickets, yet the division's gross profits increased in part because there were fewer winners — the first drop in at least the past five years....................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Bestows Starburst Award on Town for Boardwalk Park Renovations
WINDSOR, Colorado (September 26, 2009) --  Windsor Town Officials are overcome with joy. The Colorado Lottery has awarded a 2009 Starburst Community Award to the Town of Windsor for renovations at Boardwalk Park. It was announced on Wednesday at a lunch time ceremony.......................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery and Denver Broncos Kick-Off New Broncos-Themed Scratch Game
$100,000 Top Prize and 50 Pairs of Season Tickets Up For Grabs
DENVER, Colorado (September 14, 2009) – The Colorado Lottery is teaming up with the Denver Broncos to launch a new Broncos-themed Scratch game today, providing football fans a new way to win.  The new game – the first NFL- licensed ticket offered by the Colorado Lottery – was announced at a press conference at the Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Broncos Centre...................Subscribers

Broncos Will Team Up With Colorado Lottery
ENGLEWOOD, Colorado (September 10, 2009) – According to news sources the Denver Broncos said they will officially announce a business partnership with the Colorado Lottery on Monday...............Subscribers

New Scratch Game Offers Best Chance Of Winning Ever Provided By Colorado Lottery
DENVER, Colorado (August 7, 2009) -- The Colorado Lottery has launched a new $20 Scratch game that provides players with the best odds of winning ever offered by the Lottery. The overall probability of winning any prize in the new $18 Million Money Machine is 1 in 2.7.....................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Posts More Than $490 Million In Sales In FY’09
DENVER, Colorado (July 30, 2009) – Despite the poor economy, the Colorado Lottery managed to post the second best sales performance in its history for Fiscal Year 2009, with $493.4 million in sales for the year ended June 30, 2009................Subscribers

Lottery Commissioners Elected To Leadership Positions
DENVER, Colorado (July 17, 2009)  – Attorney Dick Reeve has been elected to his third term as chairman of the Colorado Lottery Commission, and Robin Wise, president and CEO of Junior Achievement – Rocky Mountain Inc., has been elected vice-chair...................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Transactions Delayed July 12, 2009
DENVER, Colarado (July 9, 2009) -  Sales and redemptions of the Colorado Lottery’s jackpot games – Cash 5, Lotto and Powerball – will be delayed on Sunday, July 12, 2009, as the organization transitions to a new back office computer system....................Subscribers

Lottery Office Touts Changes: Current Managers Stress Efficiencies and Higher Sales Goals
PUEBLO, Colorado (June 12, 2009) -- A higher-energy Colorado Lottery continues to take shape within the agency's Pueblo headquarters, new chief operating officer J.E. Lewellen told Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce................Subscribers

Lottery Apologizes for Email Error
DENVER, Colorado (June 11, 2009) – News sources reported today that on Tuesday, the Colorado Lottery sent out 3,700 emails to MyLottery subscribers telling them they had won $100..................Subscribers

Broncos Consider Ads on Practice Jerseys
DENVER, Colorado (June 8, 2009)- With the right deal, the Denver Broncos could develop a new set of catchy nicknames according to local news reports. First, teams started selling their stadium naming rights to corporations. Now, there are going to be advertisements on practice jerseys......................Subscribers

Scratch-Lottery Ticket Giveaway
DENVER, Colorado (June 8, 2009) -- The Colorado Lottery is giving away free $5 scratch tickets Friday at locations in Denver, Fort Collins, Pueblo and Grand Junction...................Subscribers

Lottery Dollars Challenged In Current Economy
DENVER, Colorado (June 3, 2009) - As consumers ratchet down personal spending during the recession, fewer people are shelling out cash for lottery tickets according to a news report................Subscribers

Advertising Agency Cactus Reconfigures Powerball Billboards
DENVER, Colorado (May 29, 2009) -- Charged by the Colorado Lottery with announcing Powerball’s faster-rising jackpots, and with no revisions to the exisiting outdoor media buy planned, advertising agency Cactus, Denver, keyed its creative strategy on the idea that a change to the familiar can be more noteworthy than the completely new......................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Loves "Lucy"
DENVER, Colorado (May 12, 2009) -- In the 1950s, sit-com character Lucy Ricardo found herself in plenty of chaotic situations that landed her in the spotlight.......................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Launches New Instant Jackpot Scratch Games
DENVER, Colorado, USA (April 6, 2009) -- Passionate about Powerball, but never played Scratch? Well, a new line of Colorado Lottery games aims to change that, giving lovers of the Lottery’s Jackpot games the opportunity to play their favorite games in Scratch form...............Subscribers

Call to Cut Commissions Paid to Lottery Retailers
DENVER, Colorado (March 20, 2009) – In an article published in the ‘Colorado Statesman’ today, Jerry Kopel, who served 22 years in the Colorado House, is calling for the state to take a portion of the money that’s now going to retailers who sell lottery tickets...................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Reviewing Partnership With Mega Millions
DENVER, Colorado (March 18, 2009) – The Colorado Lottery, along with other members of the Multi State Lottery Association (MUSL), is reviewing the option of selling tickets for the jackpot game Mega Millions.................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Reviewing Option of Selling Both Multi-State Games
DENVER, Colorado (March 18, 2009) – The Colorado Lottery is reviewing the option of selling tickets for the jackpot game Mega Millions. The game would................Subscribers

Lottery Research Will Measure Advertising Awareness, Playership and Consumer Attitudes
BOULDER, Colorado (February 20, 2009) -- CORE Insights LLC, a Boulder-based market research firm, will conduct tracking research on behalf of the Colorado Lottery................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Sales Shrinking As People Cut Back and Retailers Close Their Doors
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (January 30, 2009) – Colorado Lottery Players helped the state lottery set a record in 2008 with $500.4 million in ticket sales, a rise of 2.8 percent over 2007. But since then sales have slowed..................Subscribers

Lotto Celebrates 20th Birthday
DENVER, Colorado (January 23, 2009) – The Colorado Lottery’s first jackpot game is turning 20. Launched on January 24, 1989, Lotto has turned more than 368 people into millionaires and returned more than $572.3 million to the state of Colorado..............Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Launches New Logo
DENVER, Colorado (January 23, 2009) – The Colorado Lottery is kicking off the New Year with a new logo. Contemporary but also classic, the new logo resembles.................Subscribers

Record Week In Lottery Sales
DENVER, Colorado (January 15, 2009) -- Colorado Lottery reports total sales for the week ending January 10th of $11.5 million. That's the best performance for one week since the beginning of last July.

Colorado Lottery Investigates Lucky (21 Times) Jackpot Winner
DENVER, Colorado (January 07, 2009) – According to a local media report the Colorado Lottery has been investigating a 21-time jackpot winner, but the report said his "system" for getting lucky in the Cash 5 game might just be that he........................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Posts Record Sales in 2008; Sales Reach Half Billion Dollar Mark
DENVER, Colorado (January 1, 2009) -- The Colorado Lottery ended 2008 with $500.4 million in sales – a new calendar year record. The figure is an increase of...................Subscribers