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• More powerful Powerball starts Jan. 15

  January 2, 2012 8:17 PM

  The price of a Powerball ticket is going up, but so are the jackpots and the odds of winning. According to the Colorado Lottery , a $2 ticket now buys you a chance of winning jackpots of at least $40 million. The game also improved its odds of winning from... more »

• Colorado Lottery reports record in sales

  August 3, 2011 9:30 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Lottery says record sales of Scratch tickets and new Jackpot games helped it post $518.9 million in sales for the fiscal year that ended June 30. That's the Lottery's best sales performance on record and represents a 3.5 percent increase from the previous year's sales.... more »

• Oops! Newspaper prints wrong lotto numbers, lets down local couple

  April 11, 2011 7:42 PM

  Imagine waking up and checking the Sunday paper to find that you've won the lottery, but then learning that the newspaper printed the wrong numbers. That's just what happened to a Pueblo couple last weekend. Jim and Dorothy Sprague say they experienced a lot of joy and a lot... more »

• A whole Lotto heartbreak

  April 11, 2011 5:14 PM

  For about an hour on Sunday, Jim and Dorothy Sprague thought they were millionaires. The Pueblo couple had purchased a ticket for Saturday's $4.3 million Colorado Lottery drawing and when they looked in Sunday's newspaper they found that they matched all six numbers. But it turns out, the newspaper... more »

• CO ticket wins $250K in Mega Millions; parks & rec benefit

  January 5, 2011 8:10 PM

  Coloradans spent nearly $2.5 million on tickets for Tuesday's $355 million Mega Millions drawing. The largest payout for any ticket bought in Colorado was $250,000. Much of the revenue from sales of Mega Millions tickets and all other Colorado Lottery games goes back into communities in the form of projects... more »

• Bought a losing Mega Millions ticket? Where does that money go?

  January 5, 2011 12:56 PM

  Thousands of Coloradans bought Mega Millions tickets for a chance at Tuesday's $355 million jackpot. Many will buy tickets for tonight's Powerball and Lotto drawings, too. Where does all the money from those ticket sales go? Balanced Coverage tonight on News First 5. more »

• Colorado Springs lottery ticket worth half-million dollars

  July 28, 2010 2:06 PM

  Someone out there is a half-million dollars richer-- $528,566 richer, to be exact. That's the jackpot won by a Colorado Lottery MatchPlay ticket sold in Colorado Springs. The winning numbers are 9 11 20 21 32 35. The ticket was bought at the Safeway store at 1425 S.... more »

• Fountain man wins $1 million from the lottery

  July 15, 2010 8:37 AM

  Fountain resident Gary Martinez woke up $1 million richer this morning, thanks to the Colorado Lottery. He didn't get the money from a scratch-off ticket, lotto, Powerball or Mega-Millions--he entered a second chance drawing. "Oh my gosh!" said Martinez, who was surprised with a check at work in... more »

• Did you buy your first Mega Millions ticket yet?

  May 16, 2010 9:53 PM

  There's a new game in town, promising millions, if your luck is right. It looks and acts like Powerball, but it isn't. Take a look at the differences among the three Colorado Lottery drawings: Mega Millions jackpots start at 12 million. Powerball jackpots start at 20 million.... more »

• Colorado Lottery announces new game

  February 15, 2010 12:06 PM

  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. The game will begin... more »

• Mega Millions lottery tickets will soon be available in Colorado

  February 10, 2010 5:37 PM

  The Colorado Lottery Commission approved the sale of the Mega Millions Jackpot game in Colorado at its monthly meeting Wednesday morning. The game, which is now being offered in 35 jurisdictions nationwide, could begin selling in Colorado in mid-May. "We believe Mega Millions will complement our current line-up of... more »

• Not so lucky after all

  September 29, 2009 3:30 PM

  It turns out the scratch ticket a Colorado Springs woman lost, then found again and tried to cash in wasn't a big prize winner. Laurice Pillar only won $3 on her crossword puzzle scratch game. Pillar said she was confused about how to play the game and didn't realize... more »

• Colorado Powerball ticket wins $1 million

  September 28, 2009 8:05 AM

  For the second time in a week, a Colorado Powerball player has matched five of the six numbers drawn to win $1 million. The ticket holder matched all five white numbers drawn Saturday, and had purchased the Power Play option to multiply the prize. Saturday's winning numbers were 18-20-34-36-and-39. The... more »

• Expired ticket; woman wins and loses $160,000 scratcher

  September 14, 2009 8:42 PM

  How's this for bad luck? About a year ago Laurice Pillar bought a crossword puzzle scratch ticket. At the time she didn't realize it was a winner, set it aside and subsequently lost it. This week, when she was cleaning out her address book she found the ticket again and... more »