colorado lottery
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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
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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
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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
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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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Colorado Lottery reaches $4 billion in proceeds
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The Colorado Lottery reached $4 billion in proceeds Tuesday, on the same day the organization celebrated its 40th anniversary of its first scratch ticket. Since its establishment in 1983, the Colorado Lottery has brought funding to many of the state’s greatest assets – the great outdoors and public schools – through games such as Scratch, Mega Millions,…
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Bill on Great Outdoors Colorado gets opposition based on prairie dogs, coyotes
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Cole Wist, the House assistant minority leader, thought it would be easy Thursday morning when he brought the bill to effectively extend funding for Great Outdoors Colorado to the floor for preliminary approval. Senate Bill 66 reauthorizes a state agency that collects and disperses money from the state lottery. The Colorado Lottery Division is expected to…
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It’s time to invest in Colorado’s great outdoors
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Coloradans recently celebrated the arrival in our state of the prestigious Outdoor Retailer show, which relocated to Colorado in large part because our citizens and elected officials have expressed strong support for our public lands. The show itself is expected to bring more than $45 million annually to Colorado’s economy. The Outdoor Retailer show is…
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Colorado Lottery — a sure bet for outdoor recreation
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We are fortunate to live in a state like Colorado that offers stunning landscapes and unparalleled outdoor recreation opportunities. There is no other place I would rather call home – for my family or my business. Part of what makes Colorado so beautiful is our collective, unabashed commitment to investing in parks, public lands and…
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YESTERYEAR: Astronaut turned would-be Colorado congressman memorialized
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Twenty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … A statue of Jack Swigert, Apollo 13 astronaut, was unveiled in Washington D.C., memorializing the fallen Coloradan in Statuary Hall. Swigert died from cancer in 1982 just days before he was to be sworn in as Colorado’s first elected Congressman from the newly created 6th…
