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Sports gambling is now federally allowed in every state (SCOTUS)

All the pro sports leagues + the NCAA is who was fighting this. Gambling scares them because it is the one thing that legitimately threatens their financial success: if people think the games are fixed, it's the death of a sports league.

I think they are more scared of some other entity profiting off of their products without getting a cut. If they were against gambling they would stop giving injury reports and would squish draft kings.
 
Yeah, I would agree, but there's something about being at a sportsbook with friends, drinking, placing bets and watching the games with all the other degenerates and all being in the same situation
Yes but you can do this already. Most of my friends have Bovada accounts so we can bet while watching games at bars or every sit around at someones house and have beers and bet.
 
Yes but you can do this already. Most of my friends have Bovada accounts so we can bet while watching games at bars or every sit around at someones house and have beers and bet.
For sure. I don't have a Bovada account or anything and the only time I really place bets is when I'm in Vegas. Just saying, there is definitely a market for sportsbooks all over, and not just Black Hawk.
 
I'd probably go the casino route here considering I have two pretty damn close to me. I wonder how quickly other places will get things in place with this?
 
I'd probably go the casino route here considering I have two pretty damn close to me. I wonder how quickly other places will get things in place with this?

I think Colorado Legislature is typically in session January through May, so probably nothing until Q1 or Q2 2019, as far as legislation. And then give it another couple months to a year to roll out.
 
Agree with William F. Buckley regarding these issues when he said (paraphrasing) "you can't stop it, so legalize it, regulate it, and tax it". I know it infuriated the religious right, but he was correct IMO.
Must be strange for the religious right to find themselves on the same side of Ginsberg,
Sotomayor and Breyer, the 3 dissenting justices.
 
Any estimate how much the state of Colorado would make in this case from taxes on sports betting?
 
I think Colorado Legislature is typically in session January through May, so probably nothing until Q1 or Q2 2019, as far as legislation. And then give it another couple months to a year to roll out.

As with almost all substantive changes to gambling in Colorado sports betting will have to be excluded from the prohibition against gaming in the state constitution. This means that the legislature can put it on the ballot but they cannot simply pass it into law.

Recent elections have shown us that the voters are willing to allow increased gaming and increased stakes at the existing gambling towns but are not interested in expanding it to other areas. The last attempt at expanding beyond the existing towns had a 74% NO vote, that is a huge margin.
 
Must be strange for the religious right to find themselves on the same side of Ginsberg, Sotomayor and Breyer, the 3 dissenting justices.

Is the religious right against gambling? I grew up in a somewhat religious household, and everybody gambled. And I went to a Catholic university and our chaplains drank and gambled like mo'fos. One would even drive us to casinos on the road.
 
Is the religious right against gambling? I grew up in a somewhat religious household, and everybody gambled. And I went to a Catholic university and our chaplains drank and gambled like mo'fos. One would even drive us to casinos on the road.
Certainly wouldn't be Catholics opposing this, from my experience.
 
All the pro sports leagues + the NCAA is who was fighting this. Gambling scares them because it is the one thing that legitimately threatens their financial success: if people think the games are fixed, it's the death of a sports league.
??? The 1969 Super Bowl didn't kill the NFL.
 
IF anyone is interested in sports betting or would like more info on this decision Check out vsin.com at 4pm with Brett musburger it’s free to view. They have had reporters and sports book managers on to talk about the decision. Good info on finances and how this will move forward.
 
Now we know who is against it: old puritans who can't remember whether they have their glasses on or not.
 
Is the religious right against gambling? I grew up in a somewhat religious household, and everybody gambled. And I went to a Catholic university and our chaplains drank and gambled like mo'fos. One would even drive us to casinos on the road.

I grew up the son of a southern baptist minister in the bible belt of Louisiana. We played Rook as regular playing cards were associated with gambling and not allowed in our house. The irony of it all is that my dad the Reverend was the biggest cheater at rook out of the whole family. My dad's four brothers were/are southern baptist ministers. I escaped to Colorado as a young man and never looked back...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(card_game)
Rook is a trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards. Sometimes referred to as Christian cards or missionary poker, Rook playing cards were introduced by Parker Brothers in 1906 to provide an alternative to standard playing cards for those in the Puritan tradition or Mennonite culture who considered the face cards in a regular deck inappropriate[1] because of their association with gambling and cartomancy.
 
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Gambling is a little like prohibition. It was a matter of time before it was going to become legal throughout the US. Nothing anyone can do and might as well profit off of it.

A couple buddies and I go up to Blackhawk every year during the first round of the NCAA tournament. This will make that trip even better every year!
 
Gambling is a little like prohibition. It was a matter of time before it was going to become legal throughout the US. Nothing anyone can do and might as well profit off of it.

A couple buddies and I go up to Blackhawk every year during the first round of the NCAA tournament. This will make that trip even better every year!
You guys just drive a long way to watch basketball?
 
Sheldon Adelson hates expanding gaming places where he can’t get his crypt keeper hands on the dough. Notice that his puppets quickly acted in an attempt to stem the tide?

Won’t matter. Some states will say yes. Like NV right now, as long as you’re in the state, you can bet on apps designed by the sportsbooks. CO will have a referendum. We’ll see if people are okay with sports betting apps and on site gaming in existing casinos.
 
I wouldn't plan on Colorado having this for quite a while.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...y-state-after-supreme-court-ruling/607334002/
Colorado

Title 18 of Colorado's constitution explicitly notes that gambling on sports is illegal, and Jacque Montgomery, a spokesperson for Gov. John Hickenlooper's office, confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that the legalization of sports gambling in the state would therefore require "a vote of the People."
Hickenlooper himself told FOX 31, a television station in Denver, on Monday that the state will need to weigh the benefits of legalization against the potential risks, like gambling addiction.
 
Wonder what folks at the Colorado Lottery are talking about today.
 
I wouldn't plan on Colorado having this for quite a while.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...y-state-after-supreme-court-ruling/607334002/
Colorado

Title 18 of Colorado's constitution explicitly notes that gambling on sports is illegal, and Jacque Montgomery, a spokesperson for Gov. John Hickenlooper's office, confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that the legalization of sports gambling in the state would therefore require "a vote of the People."
Hickenlooper himself told FOX 31, a television station in Denver, on Monday that the state will need to weigh the benefits of legalization against the potential risks, like gambling addiction.

All the ruling says is states can make their own laws if they want to. Colorado has a statue and apparently some language in the constitution to prevent sports gaming. But that doesnt mean it will not get changed....
 
You guys just drive a long way to watch basketball?
We usually make it a two day affair. A little gambling, watching games, etc. If a nuggets game falls on that weekend, we will do that and a Blackhawk night. Went to the ncaa tourney games a few years ago for both days and did a Blackhawk night.
 
All the ruling says is states can make their own laws if they want to. Colorado has a statue and apparently some language in the constitution to prevent sports gaming. But that doesnt mean it will not get changed....
Didn't say it won't ..just pointing out not to expect it for several years. Putting it to a vote takes time.
 
Great. Are we going to see a return of those obnoxious fantasy gambling site commercials?
 
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