Hawthorne Race Course<\/a> in Illinois, whose governor signed an expanded gaming bill last month that legalized sports betting<\/strong>.<\/p>\nColorado Call<\/b><\/h2>\n The Double Eagle Hotel and Casino is an hour’s drive from Colorado Springs and about two hours away from Denver, the state’s largest city. While gaming companies are eager to bring sports betting to Colorado, some politicians there are cautioning voters to not expect a major revenue windfall even if the activity is approved. Estimates range from $10 million to $20 million in annual tax receipts for the state from sports wagering.<\/p>\n
Even if the state approves Prop DD, some events will not be available to gamblers, including non-professional e-sports contests and prop bets on college basketball and football games. If Prop DD passes, Colorado is expected to start collecting sports gambling tax revenue in May 2020.<\/p>\n
Colorado’s casinos have gross gaming revenue (GGR) of $842.1 million in 2018, up from $828 million in 2017, according to the American Gaming Association.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Double Eagle Hotel and Casino in Cripple Creek, Colo. and sportsbook operator PointsBet announced a pact that will have the Australian company manage the gaming property’s retail and mobile sports betting platforms. The gaming company and the casino operator are making their own bet that Colorado will approve sports betting. Colorado’s Democratic-controlled state legislature […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":110795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
PointsBet, Double Eagle Are Readying For Colorado Sports Betting<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n