Tag: Sports betting

Some good news on funding for water: Sports betting tax revenue gaining strength

February 3, 2021 by Sarah Kuta

Streets are empty in Central City, with casinos shuttered and hundreds of workers layed-off. The pandemic is bad news for the state's new sports-betting tax , which was to have helped fund the Colorado Water Plan. April 21, 2020. Credit: Jerd Smith

Sports betting revenue finally flowing; new ad campaign reminds voters it’s all about water

September 2, 2020 by Sarah Kuta

Streets are empty in Central City, with casinos shuttered and hundreds of workers layed-off. The pandemic is bad news for the state's new sports-betting tax , which was to have helped fund the Colorado Water Plan. April 21, 2020. Credit: Jerd Smith

New gambling tax revenue forecasts in free fall; cash for water plan in limbo

April 22, 2020 by Jerd Smith

Colorado State Capitol. Credit: Jerd Smith

Colorado lawmakers to tackle Colorado River issues, funding water projects, and environmental streamflows in 2020

December 23, 2019 by Larry Morandi

A holiday tree is adorned with the Colorado State flag at the State Capitol. Dec. 10, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith

Colorado’s new sports betting tax to bump water plan funding by 40 percent

December 11, 2019 by Jerd Smith

Tourists wander through Colorado's State Capitol Sept. 17, 2019. Lawmakers sent a ballot question to voters this year asking them to approve a new tax on sports betting to help fund water projects. Credit: Jerd Smith

Sports betting ballot question off to a slow start in early polling; backers raise $430,000+ for ads

September 18, 2019 by Jerd Smith