Colorado Lottery now has its first Lucky for Life winner.
Richard O. and his wife wasted no time after winning Lucky for Life in the Friday, Aug. 20 drawing, $5.75 million. This couple owns the Green Parrot Lounge in Canon City and play Lotto+ and Lucky for Life for every drawing. They came into work on Saturday, and their manager had asked them if they had won because our investigators had informed them that they had sold the winning ticket. They looked at each other thinking about how many Lucky for Life tickets they sold and instantly checked their numbers.
This is very exciting for the Colorado Lottery, since it’s not had a grand prize winner since it began offering Lucky for Life in 2016. To play Lucky for Life, players select 5 out of 48 numbers and 1 out of 18 numbers for Lucky Ball, using the playslip or quick pick option. Lucky for Life tickets can be purchased up to 13 weeks, that’s 91 drawings that can be played in advance of a drawing with Advance Play.
Before Friday, while we had never had a $1,000 a day for life winner, we have had 19 second place $25,000 a year for life winners.
