\nBy no stretch of the imagination are we thinking that everyone is going to stop going to Las Vegas. But if we can get some portion of those people to stay and play in Colorado, it benefits the whole state,”<\/strong> the executive stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nOpponents say Colorado shouldn’t look for financial recovery on the backs of problem gambling addicts. Farahi disputed that claim, saying, “We have a responsibility regardless of the bet limit to help identify people who are gambling irresponsibly.”<\/p>\n
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The effort to hand over more authority to the three towns when it comes to gaming matters is more difficult in 2020 than it was back in 2008.<\/p>\n
In 2016, a successful citizen-initiated measure overhauled the ballot referendum approval process. Now, any constitutional amendment needs a 55 percent supermajority to pass. The exception is referendums that are “written to do nothing but remove language from the constitution.”<\/p>\n
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The 2020 gaming question, should it reach the ballot, would need 68,548 votes in support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colorado casinos in 2021 could be permitted to up their betting limits and bring new games to their venues in Black Hawk, Central City, and Cripple Creek. Local Choice Colorado — a campaign committee that is working to place a ballot referendum before voters this November — says it submitted more than 200,000 signatures to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":143545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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