Tag: Colorado Lottery
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Colorado lottery commission OKs credit card purchases, online sales despite legislative pushback
Colorado’s lottery commission voted on Wednesday to permit credit card purchases of lottery tickets and to begin selling tickets directly to consumers. The decision may trigger a conflict with at least 25 members of the Colorado General Assembly, including most of its leaders. In a strongly worded letter, those lawmakers questioned the commission’s authority to…
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Lawmakers balk at rules to allow credit cards, online purchase of Colorado tickets
A bipartisan group of 25 lawmakers who included the leaders of the House and Senate from both parties penned a letter to the Colorado Lottery Commission, advising the panel to hold off on rule changes scheduled for a public hearing on Wednesday. The commission is scheduled to review a host of draft rules, including a…
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Colorado Lottery Commission proposes credit card sales, sparks controversy
The Colorado Lottery Commission is planning some rule changes that are already raising eyebrows at the state Capitol, including the prospect of allowing residents to use credit cards to purchase lottery tickets. Within the more than 100 pages of rule changes, most of which are intended to remove repetitive sections and cleanup, two proposed changes…
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Winning Colorado lottery ticket worth $2.3 million sold at Basalt store
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An unknown winner is gaining some extra financial independence following the holiday weekend, according to Colorado Lottery. One person from Basalt won the $2.3 million jackpot, with a cash value of $1,150,000, on the July 5 drawing. The winner spent $4 on two tickets from…
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Colorado Lotto winner isn’t changing a thing
Bill Stout may be the most un-lottery winner of lottery winners. “I have a very simple life,” Stout said, adding that he has no plans to make big changes after winning $3.8 million last week from a $2 “Quick Pick” ticket in the June 10 drawing in the Colorado Lotto+ game. When word got out…
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2 lotto winners in Monument, Pueblo to split Colorado’s largest jackpot in decades
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Colorado Lottery to begin holding Powerball drawings 3 times per week
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Powerball players will soon have an extra opportunity to win with three drawings per week starting this month, Colorado Lottery officials announced. Beginning on Aug. 23, Powerball will hold drawings every Monday night, in addition…
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Two Coloradans win big in Powerball lottery drawing
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Though Colorado didn’t sell the winning jackpot ticket, two Colorado Lottery tickets did win some major cash in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing. Two Powerball tickets sold in Colorado won $150,000 each, both having four out…