To provide the latest news and accurate information about legal and regulated online sports betting, casinos and other forms of gambling in Colorado and beyond.
More about PlayColorado.com
PlayColorado.com is a part of the PlayUSA network, which aims to keep the public informed on all matters related to the U.S. gambling industry, from sports betting to land-based casinos to lotteries. The gambling industry is huge industry across the country, employing tens of thousands of people and generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for state and local governments.
PlayColorado mainly focuses on the legal sports betting industry in the state, made possible by a 2019 referendum. The site focuses on sports betting in the state, from the operators and casinos that offer it to how betting intersects with Colorado and other U.S. sports teams.
Advertising disclosure and editorial guidelines
PlayColorado and the PlayUSA network generate revenue via relationships with legal online sports betting and gaming partners. We may sometimes receive payment when our site's visitors head to these legal online gaming options.
Here at PlayColorado, we follow these guidelines:
Editorial content is in no way affected by our advertising relationships. We exert editorial independence.
We attempt to provide only objective and credible information related to Colorado sports betting and gambling. We do this to be a resource for bettors and people simply looking for more information about gambling in Colorado.
We are receptive to feedback and want to make sure we have the most up to date information. If you see any issues, please use the contact form below.
PlayColorado is your local resource for information about all legal Colorado gambling and sports betting. Below, you can find out who we are, why we do what we do, and most importantly, how you can reach out to us with any of your questions.
The PlayColorado mission
The goal of our site is to provide Coloradans with a combination of unbiased news coverage, educational resources, and information about the top sportsbooks and bonus offers legally available in the Centennial State. We aim to provide you with the information you need to make you a safer and smarter gambler.
Contact Us
Catena Media US, Inc.: 8565 S. Eastern Avenue, Ste 150, Las Vegas, NV 89123
All of the content that you see on PlayColorado is written, edited, and reviewed to the highest professional standards. We do not accept guest submissions or publish user-generated content on the site. Every word is the product of hours of research, and the years of experience each of our team members brings to the table. In other words, every bit of information you read on PlayColorado comes from highly skilled professionals who write about gambling for a living. Here are the people who create the high-quality work you see on PlayColorado:
PlayColorado Team
Ian St. Clair
Content Manager
Ian is an award-winning sports journalist and a University of Northern Colorado graduate. He’s a Colorado native and has over a decade of experience covering college and professional athletics. He broke into the gambling industry right as Colorado launched legal sports betting in 2020. Ian now manages the sites for some of the biggest gambling markets in North America and is an analyst for PlayColorado.
Derek Helling is a lead writer for PlayUSA and the manager of BetHer. He is a 2013 graduate of the University of Iowa and covers the intersections of sports with business and the law.
Cole Rush
Contributing Writer
Cole Rush writes words. A lot of them. Most of those words can be found in gambling publications such as PlayIllinois, iGaming Business, Gaming Today, Bonus.com, MidwestSharp.com, ICE 365, and IGB North America. Cole also covers pop culture and books for Tor.com and TheQuillToLive.com. Cole has more than eight years of experience writing about gambling and entertainment.
T.J. McBride
Contributing Writer
T.J. McBride is a Denver-based writer and reporter with an extensive background in covering the NBA and Denver Nuggets. T.J. is Southern California native who provides news and analysis on the legal gambling industry across a number of Catena Media's regional US sites.
Hill Kerby
Contributing Writer
Hill Kerby is a proponent of safe, legal betting, and is grateful to be able to contribute to growing the industry. He has a background in poker, sports, and psychology, all of which he incorporates into his writing.
Who we are
PlayColorado is part of the Catena Media network. Catena Media owns and operates dozens of sites across the US, all of which cover the legal gambling industry in every state in the country. Every gambling site that we discuss is a legal and regulated entity in its respective state. In other words, at PlayColorado, we will never name nor review any gambling outlet that is anything short of a fully licensed company in the State of Colorado.
According to state law, a Vendor Major License is required for any person and/or entity who acts on behalf of an establishment licensed to operate sports betting and also provides products, services, information, or assets to an establishment licensed to operate sports betting gaming and/or receives, therefore, a percentage of gaming revenue from the establishment’s sports betting gaming system.
PlayColorado is an affiliate news site. While you may find advertisements for legal CO gambling sites, the companies behind the ads do not have a say in our editorial content. Each of these advertisements is the result of our affiliate partnerships with these companies. We do not accept paid advertising offers of any kind.
How we work
We understand that there are many different choices when it comes to information on the internet; especially in Colorado with legal online sports betting. Not everything you read is trustworthy. Which is why we go through several different steps and procedures to ensure that you can trust what you read on PlayColorado.
First of all, we get our information from as close to the source as we can. If we discuss the law, we cite the text of the law as published by the state government. If we discuss bills in the State Legislature, we speak to their authors. Any statistics you see are usually drawn directly from the Division of Gaming reports. PlayColorado does not report on gossip or secondhand information — period.
Work with us
Catena Media is growing by leaps and bounds! If you would like to be a part of an organization dedicated to covering all aspects of the legal gambling industry in the US, be it in Colorado or elsewhere, we’d love to hear from you. We are always looking for writers and journalists who have a passion for gaming and want to dive into this growing business. Visit the careers section of the Catena Media website to see what roles we’re trying to fill, or email us and let us know how we can help each other.
