Colorado Lottery to suspend sales for one day

Comment #14

CASH Only — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:55:15 GMT

Mike:Yes, that's correct.

Comment #13

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:20:27 GMT

colorado doesn't have pick 3

Comment #12

CASH Only — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:01:35 GMT

CO needs a Pick-3, and to replace its lotto with Hot Lotto.

Comment #11

LOTTOMIKE — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:25:15 GMT

either that or colorado sells an awful lot of tickets......

Comment #10

Bingo Long — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:24:36 GMT

Sorry, that was cumulative. I thought the numbers looked high, but couldn't figure out why.Thanks for pointing that out.

Comment #9

CASH Only — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:38:30 GMT

$5.1 BILLION per year? That's almost what the NY Lottery takes in yearly. Maybe the $5.1B is over the lifetime of the CO Lottery.

Comment #8

JimmySand9 — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 08:16:41 GMT

Note how GTech is calling this a 'dark' day. You'd think only a terribly addicted gambler would say something like that. But it shows you how GTech is so used to gaining clients as opposed to losing them. Sometimes GTech even buys lotteries outright. Geez, let SciGames get a new client.

Comment #7

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 20:10:32 GMT

they should do this on the day they have the least lottery sales,like on a sunday.....

Comment #6

Bingo Long — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:56:18 GMT

That's actually just the revenue that the GOVERNMENT sees (after prizes, administrative expenses, the retailer's cut, etc.) of $1.4 billion. Total sales are over $5.1 billion.Check out page 5 of this pdf for profit info.

Comment #5

CASH Only — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:40:12 GMT

Bingo:Without a Pick 3 game, I doubt CO's yearly sales are over a billion.

Comment #4

Bingo Long — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:09:31 GMT

Colorado makes $1.4 billion in annual lottery revenue, which comes out to around $4mm per day. I hope they're compensating the state for that, too.

Comment #3

lazyjim — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 06:12:19 GMT

Gifts for lottery employees and a two year extension for Scientific Games, what a coincidence.

Comment #2

dvdiva — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:16:17 GMT

Too bad they didn't move it up to April 1 although I don't know how popular those joke tickets would be.

Comment #1

JimmySand9 — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:14:42 GMT

Well, GTech got Florida from Scientific Games (which owns what was once known as the AWI technology). So, GTech is not losing too much. You win some, you lose some. I think GTech makes a superior product, but Scientific's terminals have a sentimental value to me, because that's what I remember in Florida.

Colorado Lottery to suspend sales for one day

Lottery Post — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:30:01 GMT

Lottery giant GTECH criticizes rival Scientific Games for 'dark day'Colorado plans to halt lottery ticket sales for one day this spring while workers install machines that verify which tickets are winners.New York-based Scientific Games is taking over the job of managing the lottery machines under a state contract worth an estimated $43.5 million. The switch to Scientific Games was supposed to happen Nov. 1 last year, but glitches delayed it twice, pushing the start date to May 2.Lottery sales w... [ More ]