Colorado Lottery GameJam - Colorado Governor Jared Polis

i want to introduce our governor you know he's challenged us all to be bold it's one of his biggest statements he's known for this it's fun to be bold you all get to live it every day now we get to i will tell you with six companies the cabinet that he has chosen is probably the most competent group of people i've ever worked with it's really a joy and a privilege to work with them governor it's i cannot tell you how much it's been a privilege to work with you and to be able to know that you got our back as we go explore what we really can do in technology and this represents that so governor take it away well thank you lou i was gonna wear my buffacorn onesie yes i have one but uh you know what when a governor wears something like that and you have to run for reelection i know that it might show up in negative ads so i thought i'd wear something a little more traditional um tom seaver thank you i'm a huge fan your 1971 season 1.76 era 289 strikeouts and now we're gonna we're gonna win this lottery so i'm a i'm a huge fan some of you get that reference some of you don't but i grew up in the 80s and i'm a huge baseball guy so i'm sure tom got that all his life so i apologize tom but um it's a it's a it's a good a good person to be associated with um thank you lou uh for the great introduction uh vitalik buderin as well uh in good times we had fun um on the stage at a big denver event and a hackathon that they had we um we uh got to read a little children's book b is for buffalo corn we have it for our kids actually it's a fun uh fun children's book but we want all the creativity of the ethereum community and everybody else to really help make our colorado lottery fun and a success it is at its heart a game that's what it is um people are just doing it uh you know for no reason they're doing a support on public lands uh they're doing it because it's fun and it's a game and of course they have in their mind that they may be a winner as well and that's part of the fun um you know i am just so excited about this event when lou approached me about i was like yes we're gonna make this happen and uh we're gonna get so many great ideas from people all over the world who are hopefully watching this you know in all seriousness not wearing my buffa buffacorn onesie you know one of my big goals as governor has been to embrace technology as a way to make our state government more efficient more responsive more effective um that's also fitting with a state colorado that is one of the most important tech hubs in the world really up and coming and last year we launched colorado digital services uh which is a public private partnership it's a way that people who are successful and i in in tech in the private sector can come in for six months or a year to the public sector and really share that knowledge and for those of you don't know the goal of this virtual event is really to bring together a wide swath of creative developers from colorado and across the world to make fun new lottery games um to help that you know what was kind of a stodgy lottery until tom and lou got there uh be kind of an amazing fun thing that also allows us to do all this great conservation work in our state i mean really uh keep what makes colorado special is really a big part of that goal and by using technology to draw on more players we can fund outdoor recreation come conserve our public land it also supports our schools and we have such great partners uh ethereum denver chain link igt participants of game jam can create and pitch your proposed new games and you it's like a lottery for you you have a chance to win ten thousand dollars with the second prize of 5 000 or a third prize of 2500 i don't know if we pay it out in dollars or ethereum but you know whatever we're gonna pay it out we're good for it but we want all those ideas and that's part of the fun there's also a separate additional prize category sponsored by ethereum denver and chain link that's awarded for games that meet the guidelines and are completed using web3 as a platform so look game jam is bigger than just a hackathon creating new and interesting games for the colorado lottery it's also about our very beginning in deepening the sourcing of creativity from the tech community to benefit all coloradans um crowdsourcing is where it's at and ultimately a crowdsourcing community creativity at this scale like game jam can be a really big driver for public good and let's start with preserving some of our iconic colorado wild areas and doing trail improvements that allow us to have more fun mountain biking and hiking and really doing what makes colorado special so this is just to start let's have a good success here i certainly look forward to other opportunities for using tech in the tech community to increase participation in our democracy get creative ideas into government and do a better job for the people of colorado so thank you for being here let's jam i can't wait to see what you come up with and i'll turn it back over to lou and governor we'll make sure that you have uh more than just a onesie so that you've got some variety in your wardrobe that you can have the the spirit of the buffalo corn but still the good campaign sort of content so we'll make sure that you've got that later yeah it's kind of 101 of politics you can't be caught dead in any onesie it's kind of the end of it yeah we understand it's okay we'll make sure that you got some center of the fairway stuff for later but uh thank you so much for your for your time and and the great words you made us wear blue wigs i think you can make them wear and eat onesie that's it i think you can do that oh yeah yeah we'll we'll work on that but for now thank you for your time governor