{"id":1311374,"date":"2019-06-13T11:34:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=980918"},"modified":"2019-06-13T11:34:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:34:53","slug":"colorado-casinos-took-in-record-combined-revenue-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/colorado-casinos-took-in-record-combined-revenue-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado casinos took in record combined revenue in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/centrail-city-casino.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/centrail-city-casino.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/centrail-city-casino-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/centrail-city-casino-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><figcaption><strong>The Z Casino in Central City.<\/strong><br \/><em>Shutterstock.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 Colorado casinos saw an increase in combined 2018 revenue that set a record for the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Denver Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/06\/12\/colorado-casinos-record-revenue-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that casinos in Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek reaped combined revenue of $842.1 million last year.<\/p>\n<p>The American Gaming Association says the figure is a 1.7% increase over the state\u2019s $828 million take in 2017 and a nearly 13% increase over 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The association\u2019s 2019 edition of its \u201cState of the States\u201d roundup found 12 of 24 states with legalized commercial gambling enjoyed record revenues last year.<\/p>\n<p>The association says the industry brought in an all-time national high of $41.7 billion in 2018, a 3.5% increase over 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say Colorado still lacks legal sports betting, which contributed significantly to the national increase.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Information from: The Denver Post,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.denverpost.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/colorado-casinos-took-in-record-combined-revenue-in-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Z Casino in Central City.Shutterstock.com DENVER (AP) \u2014 Colorado casinos saw an increase in combined 2018 revenue that set a record for the state. The Denver Post&nbsp;reports&nbsp;that casinos in Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek reaped combined revenue of $842.1 million last year. The American Gaming Association says the figure is a 1.7% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1311374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 01:30:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}