Tag: Cripple Creek
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March Madness helps Colorado sports betting recover in March
March Madness and the surging Denver Nuggets helped sports wagering in Colorado recover in March after declining in February from the previous month for the first time. Colorado sports betting declines for first time in February The $301 million bet in March was up 12.9% from February’s total, fueled by nearly $71 million bet on…
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Sky’s the (betting) limit come Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado voters gave casinos and three mountain gambling towns an early Christmas on Saturday with the debut of no-limit betting. Don’t expect bet limits to completely disappear — they will be set by individual casinos instead of state law. Most casinos are expected to adopt…
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It’s a good time to move some of Wall Street’s billions to Main Street
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Living virtually for the last year has, paradoxically, made me more acutely aware of the importance — and vulnerability — of our actual, physical communities. While we are all working online, buying online, living online, what has become of the actual places we live and choose to…
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Cripple Creek casino expansion getting a lot bigger after bet limits raised
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The owners of Bronco Billy’s Casino & Hotel are going all in on a planned expansion, announcing plans Monday to nearly double the size of a hotel and parking garage project. Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts, which owns Bronco Billy’s, unveiled the updated plans as…
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Colorado promoter fears pandemic will end its run: ‘If it’s fun, it’s not allowed’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 2020, events were canceled, gatherings curtailed and holiday traditions shattered. Concerts, festivals, celebrations — the COVID-19 pandemic wiped them all out. And the businesses that support them might not be far behind. Jim and Pam Wear of Monument have run Pro Promotions Inc. for 30…
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Cripple Creek Ice Festival canceled
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There will be no giant ice sculptures decorating Cripple Creek’s Bennett Avenue next year. ‘I’m a Christmas man:’ Ben Rector discusses his brand new Christmas album The Cripple Creek Ice Fest Committee has canceled the Cripple Creek…
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Colorado towns offer holiday lighting displays on historic mine headframes
Many holiday traditions will look vastly different this year, but one will stay the same. The annual Holiday Headframe Lighting in Victor and Cripple Creek will come ablaze every night from Friday through Jan. 1, providing some much-needed comfort in the wake of so many changes and cancellations. Six things to do around Colorado this…
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Teller County increases to Safer at Home Level Orange
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save All casinos in Teller County must close beginning Monday evening after health officials moved the county from Safer at Home Level Yellow to Level Orange. “Casinos have been singled out in the Public Health Order…
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Sports bets in Colorado top $200 million in September
Colorado bettors jumped at the chance to bet on all four major professional sports last month, boosting sports wagering in the state to more than $200 million, the Colorado Department of Revenue reported Friday. Betting on baseball, football, basketball and hockey totaled nearly $135 million in September, nearly two-thirds of the $207.7 million total. That…