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LEGISLATORS STILL EYEING EXPANDED GAMING
AS ANSWER TO HIGHER ED’S FUNDING WOES

Colorado legislators are playing word games. On the television interview program Your Show, Colorado State Senate President Brandon Shaffer admitted that they will continue looking at “expanding the lottery” as a means for funding higher education and bring the issue back in 2011

What he didn't admit is that during the 2010 legislative session, “expanding the lottery” meant bringing casino-style gambling to neighborhoods throughout Colorado.  

PON is committed to fighting this kind of gaming expansion, no matter what they call it.

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Watch the full 9News Your Show Interview


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Protect Our Neighborhoods (PON) is dedicated to ensuring that casino gaming including slot machines, video lottery/keno machines, instant racing machines, poker parlors and Native American casinos is not extended beyond the three mountain towns where it is currently allowed without a prior vote of the neighborhoods that will be impacted.

Registered with the Colorado Secretary of State as a non-profit corporation, PON works with like-minded organizations, including the Colorado Gaming Association, to ensure that Colorado lives up to the promise of prior voter approval as a pre-condition to any gaming expansion.


UPDATE: 5/4/10 - SB10-215

New Bill Will Bring Slot Machines to a Facility Near You Senator Romer Playing Shell Game With SB10-215 (Read more...)

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UPDATE: 4/23/10 - SCR10-004

LAWMAKERS ALSO WANT TO PUT A CASINO IN PUEBLO (Read more...)

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BREAKING NEWS: 4/21/10 - SCR10-004

MEASURE INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD BRING SLOT MACHINE-STYLE GAMBLING TO EVERY COLORADO NEIGHBORHOOD (Read more...)

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March 2010 Newsletter Available Now!

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UPDATE: 1/19/10 - SB10-031 passes unanimously out of committee

Bill introduced to keep government from subsidizing new mega-casinos.

1/15/10 - Last year, without seeking to expand gaming, the legislature voted to provide tax incentives for development of major destination-type tourist attractions. (Read more...)

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