Colorado voters set turnout records in the 2020 election, driven by huge interest in the presidential race, a major U.S. Senate contest, a close battle in the 3rd Congressional District and a series of significant ballot measures. The Colorado Sun is tracking the election results in these top races and updating the counts in real […]
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Amendments 77 and C explained: Casinos bet big on local voter, bingo halls hoping for an update
Colorado’s biggest casinos are rolling the dice in November, hoping that the state’s roughly 4.1 million voters will approve an initiative that would give a little more than 2,000 residents control of casino bet limits and games. Amendment 77 would give voters in Colorado’s gaming hamlets — Cripple Creek, population 1,300, Central City, population 750, […]
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Colorado 2020 election: A quick guide to the ballot questions on abortion, wolves, taxes, sick leave and more
Colorado voters will decide 11 statewide policy questions on the November ballot — a list of far-reaching measures that will help set the direction for the state’s future. The 2020 ballot asks voters whether Colorado should put limits on abortion and create a state program designed to provide paid time off to workers for medical […]
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Table tennis got the lion’s share of Colorado’s first $25 million in sports betting wagers
More than $6.5 million was wagered on table tennis matches in Colorado in May, accounting for about a quarter of the state’s first month of sports betting. Gamblers shelled out a total of $25.6 million in sports bets in May as they contended with a shutdown of professional American sports because of the coronavirus crisis. […]
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Crowds flock to Black Hawk, Central City as Colorado casinos reopen after 93-day shutdown
BLACK HAWK — It’s been more than three months since Colorado’s casinos closed to limit the spread of COVID-19, and Colleen and Deb Campbell of Johnstown are jonesing for the penny slots. “We are going through withdrawals and we are ready to get back and play,” says Colleen, who joined her mom among dozens of […]
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Colorado casinos are expecting high demand as they reopen next week with a host of coronavirus changes
Colorado’s casinos will start reopening next week, but the opening for gambling halls idled since mid-March won’t include big crowds or table games. Cripple Creek’s 12 casinos will open June 15 and the 23 casinos in Central City and Black Hawk will open June 17 after shutting down because of the coronavirus more than two […]
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Silverman: Colorado gamblers face some homework as legal betting begins
Start spreading the news. Odds are you will benefit from this column. Life’s a gamble. Especially now. Should I take this elevator? How close is too close? Does this mask make my face look fat? When will I feel safe in a restaurant? Or standing with strangers rolling disinfected dice at a craps table in Las […]
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Sports betting won’t generate any money for Colorado’s water needs in first year, new analysis says
When Colorado voters OK’d Proposition DD last month, they were told sports betting would deliver millions in tax revenue toward solving the state’s water problems. But a new analysis from the Polis administration shows that likely won’t happen in the first full year of wagering. The Division of Gaming expects sports betting, which starts in […]
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Proposition DD too close to call: Future of Colorado sports betting, water project funding hangs in balance
In a nail-biter of a race, the legalization of Colorado sports betting — and the millions it would generate for water projects — appeared too close to call late Tuesday. By 10 p.m., with perhaps tens of thousands of ballots left to count, the margin between yes and no on Proposition DD was less than […]
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Prop. DD explained: What sports gambling would mean in Colorado and how much (or little) it would generate
Voters will be asked in November to make Colorado the 19th state with legal sports betting — and, policymakers hope, generate a small pot of new tax revenue in the process. It comes in the wake of a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a federal prohibition of sports gambling in most of the […]