Colorado Lottery

Yes, actually Lotto+  had its biggest winner in 2021. A lucky Jackpot winner bought his ticket at King Soopers at 12043 Alameda in Lakewood. He won  $5.9 million and  plans to travel the world as much as possible. This was the Lottery’s 445th Lotto jackpot winner since 1989.

If you win on a ticket in Colorado, it is considered part of the Colorado Open Records Act. The Colorado Open Records Act mandates that your first name and first initial of your last name goes onto the Colorado Lottery website. You can choose to take you picture or not and its completely optional. Unfortunately, the Colorado Lottery does not recognize trusts, partnerships, or corporations and only individuals can claim lottery prizes.

The lottery games in Colorado consist of Lucky for Life, Cash 5, Colorado Lotto+, Pick 3, Mega Millions, and Powerball.

The only games that you can purchase online is the Powerball and Mega Millions on Lotto.com, which purchases tickets and sends digital images to the player to confirm purchase.

In the state of Colorado, lottery players have 180 days from the date of the draw to claim their prizes.

Lottery winnings in Colorado are subject to both state and federal taxes.

In the state of Colorado, you can purchase tickets in advance for consecutive draws by using the Advance Play option through registered retailers. All you have to do is check the advance play box on your play slip and inform the lottery retailer how many draws you would like to play.

Unfortunately, you cannot purchase Colorado Lottery tickets  by mail or by phone only at licensed retailers throughout the state.

The Colorado Lottery is not responsible for lost or stolen tickets. Once you have a winner ticket, it is your responsibility to  sign the back of the ticket and fill out your address so no one else can use it. Prizes cannot be claimed unless the winning ticket is presented.

To play the lottery in the state of Colorado, lottery players must be 18 or older.

The lottery proceeds are distributed to prizes as well as conservation and recreation services, including Colorado Parks and Wildlife projects, Great Outdoors Colorado and the Conservation Trust Fund, open space, and public-school construction.

 To find out if anyone won the Colorado lottery last night, go to https://www.coloradolottery.com/en/

Powerball: Choose 5 numbers from 1 to 69 and 1 Powerball number from 1 to 26. If you want to multiply your winnings add the Power Play for $1.

$2 — Per Lines of Play

Lucky For Life: Choose 5 numbers from 1 to 48 and 1 Lucky Ball number from 1 to 18.

$2 — Per Lines of Play

Mega Millions: Choose 5  numbers  from 1 to 70  and 1 Mega Ball number  from 1 to 25. Add A Megaplier for an extra $1 per line of play for a chance to multiply your non-jackpot winnings.

$2 — Per Lines of Play

Colorado Lotto+: Choose 6 out of 40 numbers for Colorado Lotto+. Add plus to enter your numbers into an additional drawing to win up to $250,000

$2 — Per Lines of Play

Cash 5: Choose 5 out of 32 numbers for Cash 5. Add EZ Match for an extra $1, and an extra set of 5 EZ Match numbers.

$1 — Per Lines of Play

Pick 3: Choose 3 numbers between 0-9 , which you can repeat. Pick a bet type (Exact, Any, Exact & Any, Front Pair or Back Pair) as well as wager amount ($0.50, $1.00, $2.00 or $5.00), then pick which draw (Midday, Evening or Both) you would like to play.

$0.50 - $5.00 — Per Lines of Play