Cripple Creek Celebrates 15 Years 

Cripple Creek is going to be celebrating 15 years of gambling next month, but it is all small stakes. That might be about to change for the casinos. The people who are running the casinos think that if they were to increase the stakes they might start making a lot more money. All Colorado casinos have a limit of $5 for betting, but they are the only state who does that.  

The casinos are hoping that they might be able to increase the amount of tourists who come to their area if they increase the bet amount, as most of their customers right now are locals. They say that when people come in from out of town and see that they can only bet $5, they don’t return. They would like to see themselves become more of a gambling destination, and believe that they can do that with the increase. 

A group from Black Hawk is trying to change the limits, and are sure that if successful, Cripple Creek would see a big increase in out of town gamblers. The town knows that their table traffic would increase greatly, and say that right now roughly 95% of their revenue comes from the slot machines, but think that the slot machine business might drop with the increase.

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