Tag: Gaming
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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 director of business licensing for the Secretary of State’s Office, and its vice chairperson, Michelle…
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Colorado charities pay bingo volunteers despite law prohibiting it
Colorado’s charitable gaming laws succinctly prohibit state nonprofits from paying or remunerating volunteers who work the bingo and raffle games they host. That doesn’t seem to stop them. The Denver Gazette identified at least three organizations – all of them related to youth sports – that funnel charitable gaming proceeds to the financial benefit of…
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Colorado bingo nonprofits don’t always tell the IRS what they tell the state, some say nothing
Editor’s note: This is the last in a three-part series examing Colorado’s $110 million charitable gaming industry. Colorado nonprofits that rely on charitable gaming to raise funds – most through bingo nights – are required to file regular financial reports with state regulators that track how much money comes in, how much goes out and…
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Winning a raffle in Colorado doesn’t always mean someone actually wins
Colorado’s professional sports teams at one time each paired with local nonprofits to run 50/50 raffles that yearly pulled in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not all have kept with the practice. The Colorado Rockies and its namesake foundation is the sole team that maintains a partnership. But records show even with a lousy team…
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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. About the only giveaway to the activity there is that the 50 or so cars…
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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 has operated with thin oversight and little actual financial return to the charities the law…
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Air Force Gaming launches second season; veterans, DOD civilians now welcome
Online video games are nothing new, but there is a growing group of men and women within the Air and Space forces participating. Air Force Gaming launched last year and quickly grew to 15,000 members, with enlisted personnel enjoying game including Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, League of Legends and Rocket League. In addition to those…
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Where are the Colorado job applicants?
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Customers are returning to Colorado restaurants, bars, retail shops and other businesses, but they may not have anyone to take their order and serve them, help them find merchandise or take their payment. That’s because many businesses in the state’s service sector are struggling to…
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Sky’s the (betting) limit come Saturday
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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…