§ 44-40-101 — Definitions

As used in this article 40, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Cash prize means any prize paid in cash in its entirety, including any
expenditures made to fund Colorado or multistate prize reserves.

(2) Commission means the Colorado lottery commission.

(3) Director means the director of the state lottery division.

(4) Division means the state lottery division.

(5) Lottery means any and all lotteries created and operated pursuant to
this article 40, including, without limitation, the game commonly known as lotto, in
which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers conforming to
numbers selected at random, electronically or otherwise, by or at the direction of
the commission, and any multistate lottery or game that is authorized by a
multistate agreement to which the division is party. All references in this article 40
to the lottery shall be construed to include any or all lotteries within the meaning
of this subsection (5). Lottery shall not include a promotional drawing as defined
in subsection (8) of this section.

(6) Multistate agreement means an agreement entered into by the division
and at least one other state's lottery authority that authorizes the division to allow
Colorado residents to participate in one or more multistate lotteries pursuant to
rules promulgated by the commission.

(7) Noncash prize means any prize paid in merchandise or a combination of
cash and merchandise.

(8) Promotional drawing means a prize promotion involving the conduct of
giveaways through the use of free chances, including the use of nonwinning tickets
from existing or prior games, for purposes of commercial advertisement of the
lottery, the creation of goodwill, the promotion of new lottery products, or the
collection of names.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1027), ch. 31, p. 334, � 2, effective October 1.