Denver Awards

2025 Denver Awards - Design

Champions of Play

Agency Cactus / Denver + Coupe Studios / Boulder + Wild Manor + Stept

Client Hoosier Lottery

Category

Packaging

Annual ID

DEN25_DE038M

You’ll be hard pressed to find a brand that believes in the power of play to do more for the state of Indiana than the Hoosier Lottery. Yet the brand’s decade-old campaign, which focused on the possibility of winning, wasn’t telling that story. And the disconnect between the brand’s purpose and players’ perception was evident in the research. As the only lottery named after its people, the Hoosier Lottery needed an evolved brand platform that aligned with its commitment to rewarding, inspiring and celebrating play, while also reminding Hoosiers of the positive outcomes play has the power to create, like the more than $7B giving back to good causes since 1989. Through a complete brand refresh, Champions of Play proves to players why the Hoosier Lottery is about so much more than a potential win, but about sparking joy for players across the state in the simple, accessible and rewarding ways that only play can.

2025 Awards

Total Points: 1

Merit Winner

Credits

Agency

Cactus / Denver

Production Company

Stept

Music / Sound Production Company

Coupe Studios / Boulder

Post Production Company

Wild Manor

Art Director

Rachel Morgan

Chief Creative Officer

Norm Shearer

Creative Director

Jen Arnold

Group Creative Director

Shea Tullos

Brand Strategist

Fiona Koshy

Group Strategy Director

Stacey Trunnell

Senior Art Director

Matt Chiabotti

Senior Copywriter

Ryan Johnson
Brian Denison

Account Director

Danielle Deats

Account Manager

Jose Castenada-Martinez

Account Supervisor

Rian Rosado

Associate Project Manager

Alexis Madrid

COO & General Manager

Donald Redic

Founder and CEO

Joe Conrad

Integrated Producer

Raven Checkush

Media Director

Matt Stontz

Media Supervisor

Alex Hyland

Production Design Manager

Stephen Hausrath

Production director

Martha Douglas

Project Management Director

Helen Rudolph-Shabinsky

Retail & Advertising Manager

Alison Baker

Senior Director of Marketing

Brittany D'Haenens

Senior Motion & Video Designer

Ben Micek

Senior Production Designer

Jeff Olson

Senior Project Manager

Torrie Eberhard

Sr. Account Manager

Mary Bolton

Sr. Brand & Advertising Specialist

Katie Webber

Sr. Digital Marketing Manager

Dustin Thompson

Sr. Manager - Public Relations, Sponsorships & Event Marketing

Jason Mueller

VP, Comms & Media

Chris Shewmake

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