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New charitable gaming board meets following Gazette series

The latest iteration of Colorado’s long-defunct advisory board for charitable gaming met Friday for the first time since legislators revived it more than 18 months ago. The Charitable Gaming Board did little more than elect its chairman, Maytham Alshadood, the...

David Migoya

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Friday Faceoff: Has legalized gambling ruined sports as we knew it?

Friday Faceoff: In the wake of the latest sports gambling scandal, and an FBI investigation featuring Denver’s own Chauncey Billups involving an illegal poker operation, has legalized betting ruined sports as we knew it? Kyle Fredrickson, Broncos beat reporter  Answer:...

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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...

Alanna Durkin Richer

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Felons engaged in Colorado’s charitable gaming industry

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series examining Colorado’s $110 million charitable gaming industry. Howard Geller told police that Big Dog wanted Geller to get some people and head to Akron, Colo., so he hopped into his...

David Migoya

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Colorado bingo night: It’s all about the prizes, not so much the charity

It’s a Thursday night at Bingo Oasis in Northglenn.   Located on the outer edge of a nondescript strip mall just west of I-25, it has a simple façade sign advertising what goes on behind the mirrored and postered windows: BINGO.  ...

David Migoya

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Colorado’s $110M bingo industry is littered with loopholes — and hardly anyone is watching

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series examing Colorado’s $110 million charitable gaming industry. Colorado’s charitable gaming industry – hundreds of bingo nights and raffle drawings across the state – is a $110-million-a-year enterprise that for decades...

David Migoya

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The Denver Gazette’s best bets for Super Bowl LVIII

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Chris Schmaedeke

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Nuggets vs. Heat: Best bets for NBA Finals Game 4

1 of 1 Some of the best bets for Game 4 of the NBA Finals. 1.  Nuggets (-3.5, -108) at Heat: Denver is on a mission after the tough Game 2. The Nuggets get both games in Miami. 2. Michael Porter...

Chris Schmaedeke

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Nuggets vs. Heat: Best bets for NBA Finals Game 3

Some of the best bets for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. 1. Nuggets (-2.5, -108) at Heat: Denver was not favored on the road in L.A. or Phoenix but is here. Nuggets get it done in Game 3.  2. Nikola...

Chris Schmaedeke

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Nuggets vs Heat: Best bets for the NBA Finals Game 2

1 of 1Denver Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope against the Miami Heat during the first half of Game 1 of basketball's NBA Finals, June 1 in Denver.the associated press Some of the best bets for Game 2 of the NBA Finals....

Chris Schmaedeke

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