Tag: Colorado Lottery
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Bill to roll back Colorado lottery credit card purchases clears Senate committee in tight vote
A bill seeking to reverse the Colorado Lottery’s recent move to allow credit card purchases for tickets narrowly cleared its first legislative hurdle last week, advancing on a 5-4 vote after hours of debate over gambling addiction, consumer debt and the future of online lottery sales. But the measure — which the Senate Finance Committee…
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EDITORIAL: A bad bet for the Colorado Lottery
Since its authorization by voters in 1980, the Colorado Lottery has raked in over $4.5 billion in total proceeds for parks, trails, open space and school construction. And because no one is forced to play, it long has been deemed a win-win way to raise revenue. It beats asking the public to fork over more…
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Colorado legislators challenge lottery rules allowing credit card purchases
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Back in November, legislators told the Colorado Lottery Commission to hold off on rules that would allow, for the first time, purchases of lottery products with credit cards. The commission went ahead anyway and approved those changes. And now lawmakers have responded with Senate Bill 117, introduced on Thursday, that would limit the purchase of…
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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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7 Colorado Powerball tickets win a combined $500,000
The $1.08 billion winning ticket was sold in Los Angeles
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$1 million Powerball ticket sold in Colorado, but jackpot climbs to $675 million
More than $1 billion in prizes up for grabs in the next two days
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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…