Black Hawk News

Casinos owned by Colorado's American Indians are doing big business, but not that big.

On the heels of higher casino-bet limits, new games and 24-hour gambling, a Colorado development company has several projects planned for the Central City/ Black Hawk market.

Pam North Gilpin County The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners held their regular meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, at the County Courthouse.

More than $600,000 has been withheld from winnings of deadbeat parents who gamble in Colorado in the first year of a controversial law that requires casinos to check whether big winners owe child support.

Share + Oct 21, 2009 10:16 am US/Mountain Reporting Jodi Brooks BLACK HAWK, Colo.

So Central City wants to tax the Central City Opera and other cultural affairs to make up for losses in gambling revenue.

A Colorado law has netted more than $600,000 from the gambling winnings of deadbeat parents.

MORE ON 9NEWS @ 6 P.M. H1N1 SPECIAL SECTION GILPIN COUNTY - Seasonal flu shots are being offered at many locations across the state, including pharmacies and grocery stores.

A Granby woman who was traveling from Black Hawk and rolled her car - spending five days and nights enduring rain, hail and nighttime temperatures around 40 degrees - is expected to be released from the hospital this weekend.

The higher bet limit and round-the-clock gambling at Colorado's casinos have local law enforcement officers putting in longer hours.

The craps table at The Isle of Capri casino was crowded with gamblers as they officially kick off the new gaming law in Black Hawk and Central City casinos.

Expanded games and hours helped Colorado casinos post a 16 percent increase in revenue in July.

Share + Aug 14, 2009 9:43 am US/Mountain Reporting Jodi Brooks BLACK HAWK, Colo.

Business at Colorado's mountain casinos jumped about 20 percent during the first month of higher limits, new games and longer hours, according to a Denver Post analysis of preliminary data.

BLACK HAWK GUIDE BLACK HAWK - Colorado's biggest casino town is busier than it was just a month ago, when changes to state law allowed gamblers there to place higher bets and to play anytime day or night.

CENTRAL CITY Tickets are on sale now at www.gilpin150.com or 303-292-6700 for the Gilpin County Film Festival, presented by the Denver Film Society, on Saturday, Aug.

A 33-story hotel tower is rising here, in a little mountain town where anything taller than three or four stories in any direction for probably 30 miles would be safely in the skyscraper category.

If petition circulators are successful, Colorado voters will have the usual menu of controversial proposals to pore over on the November 2010 ballot.

BLACK HAWK GUIDE BLACK HAWK - A week after the debut of 24-hour gaming in Black Hawk, Cripple Creek and Central City, many Colorado residents worry how it will impact the history in these mining towns.

Starting at 12:01 Thursday morning, gambling in Colorado will change. Casinos in Cripple Creek, Black Hawk and Central City will raise the betting limits from five dollars to 100.