2 lotto winners in Monument, Pueblo to split Colorado’s largest jackpot in decades
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Two Coloradans won the $25 million Colorado Lotto+ jackpot on Wednesday.
The winning tickets were purchased at a Safeway Fuel in Monument and at a Winners Corner in Pueblo, according to Colorado Lottery.
The two winners will split the jackpot evenly. The Colorado Lottery had not released the names of the winners as of Thursday morning.
The $25 million jackpot is the lottery’s largest jackpot in three decades. The prize money hasn’t reached such heights since 1992 when Boulder college student Kim Walker won a $27 million jackpot.
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The jackpot began to grow in March, with no winner being chosen following two drawings per week, nearly 44 weeks in a row. The drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday night at the Colorado Lottery headquarters in Pueblo.
To play Colorado Lotto+, players choose six out of 40 numbers or do a Colorado Lotto+ Quick Pick. Tickets cost $2 and players can choose to be part of a second drawing using the same numbers for an extra $1.
To date, Lotto and Colorado Lotto+ have created 447 millionaires since the game started in 1989, according to Colorado Lottery.
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