DENVER -- The fight to stop Powerball in Colorado is not over, even though a judge refused to temporarily block the game in Colorado, State Sen. Doug Lamborn said Monday.

"We haven't had the trial yet. There will be a trial," said Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs (pictured, left), who sued in June to block the game. "So, unfortunately, Powerball is here for the time being."

On Friday, a judge refused Lamborn's request for a temporary injunction blocking Colorado's entry into the multistate lottery, based in Des Moines, Iowa.

No date has been set for a full trial of Lamborn's suit, which argues that Powerball is not supervised by Colorado officials, as the state's constitution requires.

Colorado Lottery officials denied that, saying they oversee ticket prices and drawings.

"We have the ultimate control of staying in or opting out," Colorado Lottery Commission Director Mark Zamarripa testified.

Pueblo District Judge Dennis Maes said Friday Colorado voters had made clear their endorsement of Powerball by voting 52-48 percent to permit it.

Powerball proved popular with Coloradans, who bought 1.6 million tickets for Saturday's $66-million drawing, the first open to the state. No one picked all the numbers. The next drawing will be Wednesday, with an estimated jackpot of $75 million.

Lamborn said the Powerball proposal should have been put on the ballot as a constitutional amendment, but legislative supporters did not have the two-thirds majority required for that, so they made it a referendum.

The bill to put the Powerball referendum on the ballot passed in the Senate 19-15 and 38-27 in the House, said Lamborn.

"The process was flawed," he said.

Revenue from Colorado Powerball tickets will go to the same funds as the state lottery's current recipients: the Conservation Trust Fund, State Parks and the Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Trust Fund.