The CGA has proudly provided the following benefits to its member casinos and associates since 1994:

• • Successfully defeated several statewide initiatives to expand gambling in Colorado outside of the three towns of Central City, Black Hawk and Cripple Creek
  • Successfully defeated legislation to expand gambling to the major metropolitan areas by placing slot-type devices at Front Range horse and dog tracks
  • Organized the first gubernatorial candidates forum to speak directly to gaming industry issues
  • Successfully obtained an across-the-board gaming tax reduction from the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission, resulting in a savings of over $14 million for all casinos
  • Developed the first gaming industry training and public awareness programs to address the important social issues of underage and problem gambling, including the support of state legislation to create funding to provide treatment services for persons with gambling-related problems
  • Education programs for casinos in the areas of employment issues, marketing, customer service, slot maintenance, and other topics by working with Front Range community colleges

• Quarterly membership meetings with guest speakers on industry issues
• Newsletters and bulletins to keep members apprised of industry developments, including weekly legislative e-mails during the legislative session
• Successfully fought an attempt by a Longmont-based developer to place a Native American casino development in Pueblo and near Denver International Airport
• Continues to work with federal congressional and senate leaders to prohibit off-reservation gaming unless tribes have legitimate land claims to Colorado
• Continuous statewide legislative advocacy on issues important to our casino members in the areas of air quality, expansion issues, regulatory matters and the future viability of commercial casinos in the face of lottery expansion, Native American interests, internet gaming, poker expansion, and other legislative issues
• Works in cooperation with the Problem Gambling Coalition of Colorado to maintain the only statewide, confidential, voluntary program for gamblers who wish to self-exclude themselves from Colorado casinos due to their inability to gamble responsibly