Colorado Lotteries

In 1982, the Colorado General Assembly approved a bill implementing a state-supervised lottery. In January 1983, the first lottery ticket was sold.

Revenues from the Colorado Lottery are primarily dedicated to the development of parks and environmental projects in the state through the lottery-funded Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund and the Conservation Trust Fund. The Lottery supports itself through ticket sales.

In 2004, a year after a state audit criticized spending, the agency cut nearly $1 million from its budget by revamping its marketing, eliminating jobs and taking other measures.

Since 1983, the Colorado Lottery has raised $2.5 billion to help preserve Colorado’s wildlife.