It only took about 10 minutes and SCR08-008 was dead. Senator Ron Tupa pleaded with the committee to keep the bill, and even more so, the debate alive between the Senate and the House by passing the bill through committee. At the end of the day, without the support of the Industry, this bill didn’t […]
SCR08-008 – Increasing the Maximum bet in Limited Gaming in Colorado by Senator Ron Tupa (D), Boulder is scheduled to be heard in the Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee on Monday, April 28th at 1:30 p.m. at the Colorado State Capitol. If you cannot attend, you can listen to the proceedings online at […]
The gaming debate in Colorado is heating up! Last week I had the pleasure to inform you of SCR08-008 by Senator Ron Tupa increasing the maximum bet in limited gaming in Colorado. By Friday, April 25th a citizens’ initiative with the same goal was submitted to Colorado Legislative Council for approval for the November 2008 […]
Here is an interesting article regarding the legislation introduced by Senator Ron Tupa.
The bottom of the article has some interesting information from Lois Rice, Executive Director at the Colorado Gaming Association. She is spot on, especially the bit about losing patrons to Las Vegas and other states that have higher stakes gaming. Below are excerpts […]
Legislation was introduced on Monday that would finally get rid of the $5 cap bet in Colorado Casinos in the cities of Blackhawk, Central City, and Cripple Creek (the three cities that have casinos). The current $5 cap means that a single bet cannot exceed $5 in the games allowed at Colorado Casinos, primarily Poker […]