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.

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

Recession Hits Colorado Lottery Sales -- Decrease Comes After Record 2008 Calendar Year
DENVER, Colorado (December 29, 2008) – Notwithstanding the Colorado Lottery’s record sales of $500.4 million, which was a new calendar year record and an increase of 2.8 percent over 2007, when the Lottery had sales of $486.8 million and represents the fifth straight year of gains for the Lottery, Colorado residents aren’t picking and scratching as much as they did a year ago because.....................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Releases First Digital Annual Report
DENVER, Colorado, USA (December 9, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery is releasing its annual report digitally for the first time this year, allowing viewers to catch up on the Lottery’s activities in both a more user-friendly and environmentally-conscious format.................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Wins Advertising Awards
DENVER, Colorado (October 2, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery hit the jackpot recently, winning several awards recognizing its outstanding marketing and advertising efforts...............Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Sales Up in First Quarter
DENVER, Colorado (October 1, 2008) -- Sales of Colorado Lottery tickets through the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2009, are up 4.2 percent, or approximately $5 million from this time last year.............Subscribers

Colorado Lottery to Consider Lowering Retailers’ Commission
DENVER, Colorado (September 22, 2008) --The Colorado Lottery will reportedly consider paying a smaller commission to retailers in the wake of a report released Monday by the state auditor.................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Payouts Too Generous, Audit Finds
DENVER, Colorado (September 22, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery is paying out too much and getting too little in return, according to an audit released today.............Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Reports Record Year For Sales
DENVER, Colorado (September 20, 2008) - Colorado Lottery officials say it's been a record year for lottery sales in the state..................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Hits Half Billion Dollar Sales Mark
DENVER, Colorado, USA (July 24, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery posted record sales of $505.8 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 – the strongest sales in the Lottery’s 25-year history. Scratch tickets led the way........................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Sets Yearly Sales Record
DENVER, Colorado, USA (July 24, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery sold a record $505.8 million worth of tickets for the fiscal year ended June 30, with scratch tickets...................Subscribers

Lawsuit Over Non-Winning Lottery Tickets Targets Retailer
COLORADO, USA (July 11, 2008) – A lawsuit alleging the Colorado Lottery brings in millions each year by knowingly selling tickets that have no chance of winning the major prize has been bouncing around the courts for eight years, but its merits have yet to be considered,  a situation Rob Carey, a former Arizona deputy attorney general who now practices in Colorado Springs hopes will be remedied soon..............Subscribers

New Lottery Chief Takes the Reins
COLORADO, USA (July 3, 2008) -- The new Colorado Lottery director wasted no time developing ideas on how to improve the state's lottery system...............Subscribers

Revenue Department Names New Colorado Lottery Director
DENVER, Colorado (July 1, 2008) - The Colorado Department of Revenue has named a new state lottery director. Jack A. Boehm, who joined the Colorado Lottery last year as chief operating officer, replaces retired lottery director Peggy Gordon...................Subscribers

Sales of State Lottery Games Running Ahead of 2007, Scratch-Tickets Lead the Way
COLORADO, USA (June 22, 2008) – Sales of nearly all Colorado Lottery games are above 2007 numbers, with scratch-tickets seeing the most dramatic increase.................Subscribers

New Colorado Lottery Scratch-n-Sniff Ticket Worth a Whiff
DENVER, Colorado (June 13, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery will launch its first ever scented Scratch game June 16, giving players a reason to stop and smell the tickets...............Subscribers

Colorado Lottery introduces New Scratch-And-Sniff Games
COLORADO, USA (June 11, 2008) – The Colorado Lottery will debut a a $3 scratch-and-sniff crossword game on Monday. Coffee will be the first scent released, followed by a floral scent and chocolate.................Subscribers

Jack Boehm Named Acting Colorado Lottery Director
DENVER, Colorado, USA (April 30, 2008) -- Jack Boehm, Chief Operating Officer of the Colorado Lottery,  has been named Acting Director of the agency. In addition to his work overseeing the Lottery’s information technology, program management operations, and fiscal departments, Boehm will assume responsibility for the agency’s day to day operations in all areas................Subscribers

Lottery Chief to Retire
DENVER, Colorado, USA (April 23, 2008) – Margaret "Peggy" Gordon has reportedly announced that she is retiring as director of the Colorado Lottery..................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Celebrates 25 Years and Nearly $2 Billion Returned to State
PUEBLO, Colorado, USA January 25, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery marked its 25th anniversary Friday by announcing that it has distributed nearly $2 billion in proceeds to the state since 1983...............Read the full story at: Vol.42 No.5

New scratch Game Could Satisfy Itch For Big Winners
DENVER, Colorado, USA (January 25, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery, looking to bolster sales of scratch games, has a new twist on taxes for large-prize winners..................Subscribers

Colorado Lottery Sales Climb
DENVER, Colorado, USA (January 25, 2008) -- The Colorado Lottery reported an increase of 7.4% in ticket sales for 2007...............Subscribers

Jack Boehm Named COO of Colorado Lottery
PUEBLO, Colorado (January 14, 2008) -- Jack Boehm joined the Colorado Lottery as its Chief Operating Officer in January. As Chief Operating Officer, Boehm will be based in the Lottery’s Pueblo headquarters..............Subscribers

Lottery Advertising Contract Awarded to Cactus Marketing Communications
DENVER, Colorado, USA (August 21, 2007) -- On the verge of its 25th anniversary, the Colorado Lottery is announcing a new partnership with one of the fastest growing, premier advertising agencies in Colorado.........Subscribers

New $20 Scratch Ticket Boasts $1 Million Prize
COLORADO, USA (July 13, 2007) -- The Colorado Lottery will offer a $20 scratch ticket for the first time come October.......Subscribers

Contract for Lottery Advertising Services Awarded
COLORADO, USA (June 11, 2007) -- The Department of Revenue, Colorado Lottery, announced on Monday that it intends to make an award to Cactus Communications, Inc. who was determined to be the responsible offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the State........Subscribers

Scratch Sales Breaks Weekly Sales Record – Again
DENVER, Colorado, USA (May 18, 2007) -- For the second time in three months, the Colorado Lottery has set another sales record for Scratch tickets.............Subscribers

Another Lottery Privatization Likely on Hold
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, USA (April 21, 2007) – Yesterday Lottery Insider reported that Senator Chris Romer was backing off from his plan to privatize the Colorado Lottery...........Subscribers

Plan to Sell Lottery Shelved, Accusations Fly Over Lottery Privatization Plan
COLORADO, USA (April 20, 2007) – Senator Chris Romer is reportedly backing off his plan to privatize the Colorado Lottery for now.........Subscribers

Another Lottery Could Be on the Auction Block
DENVER, Colorado, USA (April 17, 2007) -- Senators Chris Romer and Josh Penry released a draft proposal on Tuesday that would see the state sell its lottery operation to a private company for up to..........Subscribers

Lottery Tries To Strike A Balance In Its Advertising
COLORADO, USA (March 18, 2007) -- Colorado Lottery commissioner Jerry McMahan is reported to have said at a recent Commission meeting that there appears to be a contradiction with promoting the sale of scratch tickets and other games of chance when some people have severe problems with gambling..........Subscribers

Glitch Delays Lotto Drawing
DENVER, Colorado, USA (March 15, 2007) - Glitches in the system that generates the Lotto numbers kept the Colorado Lottery from conducting its $6.4 million jackpot drawing until nearly midnight.....Subscribers

Scratch Sales – Rewriting the Record Books
DENVER, Colorado, USA (March 6, 2007) -- Never in the history of the Colorado Lottery have Scratch tickets reached $7 million in weekly sales – until last week that is. Sales were $7,023,308 with 23 Scratch games on the market..........Read the full story at: Vol.38 No.11

Record Sales Year for Colorado Lottery
DENVER January 16, 2007) – Record Powerball jackpots fueled a record sales year for the Colorado Lottery. For the third consecutive year, the Lottery beat the previous year’s total and achieved its highest sales to date........Read the full story at: Vol.38 No.4

State’s Lottery Sales Up Almost 25% Over the Past Decade
COLORADO, USA (January 8, 2007) -- Colorado Lottery sales are reportedly up almost 25 percent over the past decade.........Subscribers