Author: Chris Nesi

Colorado sportsbooks took more than $38 million in wagers in June, a nearly 49% increase over its total for May, the first month of legalized sports betting in the state. Legal Colorado sportsbooks opened for the first time on May 1, 2020, at a time when U.S. professional sports leagues were canceling or postponing their […]

Chalk up two more Colorado casinos that have launched their retail sports betting operations. The Isle Casino and its sister property the Lady Luck Casino will each open six self-service sports betting kiosks at noon on Friday, July 24. Both casinos are in the casino resort town of Black Hawk and are connected by a […]

PlayUp has announced it will launch an online sportsbook in Colorado. It will be the first U.S. entry for the Australian online betting company, which currently has active operations in Australia, New Zealand, and India. The company has secured access to the CO sports betting market through a partnership with Bull Durham Casino in Black […]

Ameristar in Black Hawk is the largest casino in all of Colorado, and this week it joined the state’s sports betting fray in a big way, opening a temporary retail sportsbook window and kiosks. Sports bettors can now place over-the-counter wagers with an Ameristar sportsbook employee at one of five windows at the casino, or […]

Wildwood Casino in Cripple Creek has opened a brand new retail sportsbook, dubbed Woody’s at Wildwood, making the fourth in-person sportsbook to officially launch in Colorado and the first in Cripple Creek. The sportsbook is located inside its namesake pub, Woody’s Sports Bar and Grill, where patrons are greeted with a full bar, a wall […]

Following an ESPN report about possible match-fixing in Ukrainian table tennis, several states including Colorado have suspended betting on matches. Colorado joins New Jersey, Nevada, and Indiana in disallowing wagers on Ukrainian table tennis matches until further notice. The suspension came after the Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association alerted Colorado gaming authorities about potential betting […]

A lack of action by major sports leagues didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of Colorado gamblers, who wagered more than $25.5 million in the state’s first month of legal sports betting. For the period between May 1 and May 30, nearly $6.6 million of the state’s sports bets placed, or 25.7%, was wagered on table tennis. […]

DraftKings Sportsbook will open a temporary retail sportsbook at the Mardi Gras Casino in Black Hawk, the company announced Thursday, July 9. Casino visitors will be able to place their first bets at a DraftKings Sportsbook-branded window in Colorado beginning Friday, July 10. “As our partners at Mardi Gras Casino work to expand their current […]

Betsson has announced a Colorado partnership that will see the Swedish company open its first U.S. sportsbook in the state, the company announced Monday. Dostal Alley Saloon in Central City will be Betsson’s local partner, providing market access to launch its online sportsbook. The company says it plans to launch its sportsbook in early 2021, […]

It has officially been a week since Colorado casinos reopened after being closed for three months. Gamblers in Cripple Creek, Black Hawk, and Central City made their enthusiastic return, even though things looked very different. Colorado even made history by accepting the state’s first-ever legal sports bet at the Betfred sportsbook window at the Saratoga […]