Colorado Lottery holds first of four bonus raffle drawings
By Todd Northrop
The Colorado Lottery's first bonus drawing for its newest $20 raffle game, Bonus Millionaire Raffle, was held Sunday.
Ten random raffle ticket numbers were randomly selected from all of the raffle ticket numbers sold before Sunday, with each number drawn worth $2,000.
The winning numbers for the bonus draw are displayed at Lottery Post's Colorado Lottery Results page. All future bonus draws plus the main draw will also be published on that page following each drawing.
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May 2, 2011, 2:37 pm - Lottery News forum
Colorado newspaper prints wrong lottery results; couple thought they won
It pays to doublecheck those lottery numbers if you want to avoid heartache.
A couple from Pueblo, Colo., found that out after they checked their tickets' numbers in the local newspaper. At first, Jim and Dorothy Sprague say, they experienced a lot of joy on Sunday morning when they looked in the Pueblo Chieftain to find that their numbers were winners.
I woke up and found out we were millionaires, Jim Sprague told NBC station KOAA.
In his excitement, Sprague called his children to tel ...
Apr 12, 2011, 9:53 pm - Lottery News forum
Colorado Lottery raffle drawing is state's first
By Todd Northrop
The Colorado Lottery held its first-ever raffle drawing today, creating two millionaires and several more happy, lucky lottery winners.
The winning numbers for Colorado Millionaire Raffle can be found on Lottery Post's Colorado Lottery Results page.
Millionaire Raffle is a raffle-style game offered by the Colorado Lottery, with a limited number of $20 tickets.
With only 280,000 tickets sold for the raffle, Millionaire Raffle offers the best odds to win $1 million of ...
Jan 1, 2011, 4:40 pm - Lottery News forum
Colorado Lottery starts Mega Millions sales Sunday
The Colorado Lottery will begin selling Mega Millions tickets Sun., May 16, giving Colorado residents two more chances every week to score big jackpots.
Colorado will become the 42nd locality nationwide to offer tickets for the popular multi-state jackpot game. The United States' other mega jackpot game, Powerball, is also offered by the Lottery.
We're thrilled to give our players the opportunity to win another large jackpot, said Colorado Lottery Acting Director Tom Kitts. We believe Meg ...
May 11, 2010, 7:34 am - Lottery News forum
Colorado Lottery awards first MatchPlay jackpot
Denver resident Mark Reneau's luck is beginning to change. First, the project manager got called back to work last week after being laid off last May. Then he matched all six numbers in last Friday's MatchPlay drawing, winning the game's $206,584 top prize and becoming the game's first jackpot winner.
This is huge! said Reneau of his win. I've been so strapped for the past year almost. This catches me up. I can relax a little bit.
When Reneau checked his numbers online Friday night, he c ...
Mar 26, 2010, 8:38 am - Lottery News forum
Colorado Lottery launches new jackpot game next week
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.
Drawings for MatchPlay will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays at approximately 7:40 p.m.. The first tickets for the game will be sold on Sun., Feb. 21, and the first drawing will be held on Tue., Feb. 23.
MatchPlay is a fresh, new game that will provide our players with fun fea ...
Feb 17, 2010, 12:11 pm - Lottery News forum
New Colorado Lottery scratch game offers 'best chance of winning ever'
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 better than any other Lottery game offered in the state.
As its name suggests, $18 Million Money Machine is packed with $18 million in prizes, including 15, $50,000 top prizes.
For $20, our players will be getting a pretty good shot at winning, said Colorado ...
Aug 10, 2009, 5:58 pm - Lottery News forum
Colo. Lottery apologizes for $100 e-mail
You did not NOT win $100.
Go back to jail. Luxury Tax (Pay $100).
For people who subscribe to the Colorado Lottery's MyLottery online site, Tuesday was like a bad roll of Monopoly dice.
On Tuesday, the Colorado Lottery sent out 3,700 e-mails to MyLottery subscribers telling them they had won $100.
Thank you for taking the time and providing us with your feedback on potential drawing games, the e-mail read. Your opinions are important to us. Congratulations! You are a winner. You h ...
Jun 13, 2009, 8:19 am - Lottery News forum
Colorado Lottery reviewing partnership with Mega Millions
The Colorado Lottery, along with other members of the Multi State Lottery Association (MUSL), is reviewing the option of selling tickets for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game.
Started in 1996 as the Big Game, Mega Millions has a starting jackpot of $12 million and other prizes ranging from $2 to $250,000. The game would supplement, rather than replace Powerball (operated through MUSL), the mega jackpot game currently offered in Colorado.
In these tough economic times, lotteries n ...
Apr 17, 2009, 12:09 am - Lottery News forum
Colorado Lottery investigates 21-time prize winner
Is it unfair to investigate a player just because he plays a lot?
The Colorado Lottery launched an investigation into a repeat winner and his self-described system for winning the Cash Five jackpot again and again.
The real reason Tadeusz Krupa wins so often may have nothing to do with luck, skill or cheating. He may just play... a lot.
Krupa splits his time between two modest homes. One houses his ex-wife and children in Brighton. The other is also the office for T D Polish Imports Exp ...
Jan 8, 2009, 1:48 am - Lottery News forum
