PUEBLO, Colo.-
Two jackpots worth a total of $1 million were likely still available in one of the Colorado Lottery scratch games, but opportunities for collecting the cash were running out, officials said.
Ticket sales for the $35 Million Super Cash Spectacular game were scheduled to end in about three weeks, even though just six of the eight jackpot-winning tickets had been sold.
“We’re starting to wonder if someone might have thrown away a winner,” said Peggy Gordon, the director of the Colorado Lottery. “If the tickets are still available, then players increase their chances of winning the top prize by nearly eight times.”
The original odds of winning a $500,000 prize were 1 in 630,000. Based on Lottery figures that only 155,000 game tickets remained available, Gordon said the odds had improved to 1 in 77,700.
Other winning tickets had already been sold in Colorado Springs, Denver, Englewood, Hayden and Northglenn.
