Tag: gambling
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Making the right picks | From the editor
A recent move by the Colorado legislature brought to mind a recent unpleasant exchange. In the legislature, Senate Bill 131 limits customers to six deposits within a 24‑hour period and bans the use of credit cards to fund betting accounts. It also prohibits sports‑betting companies from targeting anyone under 21 and from sending push notifications…
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Making the right picks | From the editor
A recent move by the Colorado legislature brought to mind a recent unpleasant exchange. In the legislature, Senate Bill 131 limits customers to six deposits within a 24‑hour period and bans the use of credit cards to fund betting accounts. It also prohibits sports‑betting companies from targeting anyone under 21 and from sending push notifications…
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The lost and found history of Central City
By Lauren PerryHistory Colorado Each object in History Colorado’s collection has a unique and powerful story just waiting to be discovered. Supported by a grant from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, I have used the collection to understand the untold history of Central City. I worked with History Colorado to digitize the Works Progress…
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Colorado lawmakers want to crack down on sports betting companies
A coalition of legislators has introduced a bill that backers said would help combat sports gambling addiction, particularly among children. Colorado voters approved Proposition DD in 2019, legalizing sports betting statewide. The majority of the state’s sports betting revenue goes to the Colorado Water Plan Grant Program, which funds water conservation, storage, and supply projects.…
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Colorado Lottery’s mega-bad idea
There are plenty of lousy, miserable, misguided whims out there. Then, every so often, you come across a notion so wrong-headed that it qualifies as phenomenally bad. Or in words the marketing whizzes at the Colorado Lottery might understand, let’s call this a mega-bad idea. The proposal in question, recently adopted by the Lottery Commission,…
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Mark Kiszla: Shocking arrest of Chauncey Billups indictment of how gambling has corrupted sports we love
The legend of “Mr. Big Shot” took a wicked hit from the FBI. After the Feds busted an illegal poker game where Chauncey Billups was seated at the table, the greatest basketball player in Colorado history stood accused of money laundering and wire fraud on behalf of a team of nefarious gentlemen known as “Flapper…
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Former Denver Nuggets guard and current Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups arrested in federal gambling probe
Former Denver Nuggets guard and current Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. The exact charge or charges they face were not immediately known. Two people…
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Southern Ute Indian Tribe files lawsuit against Colorado over online sports betting access
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe is suing the state of Colorado in a federal court over a lack of access to the online sports betting market. During the state Legislature’s inaugural American Indian Affairs Interim Study Committee meeting, Southern Ute Indian Tribe Chairman Melvin Baker announced the lawsuit against Gov. Jared Polis and the director…
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Betting on the Super Bowl was brisk at sportsbooks in big U.S. markets
With this year’s Super Bowl being played in Las Vegas, the nation’s gambling capitol, there was little doubt that betting on the big game would be huge
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Super Bowl bets placed online surged this year, verification company says
The level of online betting on the Super Bowl surged this year, according to a company that tracks the physical location of online gamblers