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Issue 1 JANUARJANUARJANUARJANUARJANUARY 2010Y 2010Y 2010Y 2010Y
2010
Division Offices ClosedAll three Division of Gaming of-
fices will be closed on Thursday,Dec. 31 for a State furlough
day andon Friday, Jan. 1 for New Year’sDay. The offices will be
closed againon Friday, Jan. 15 for a State fur-lough day and on
Monday, Jan. 18for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Tax Filing Due Jan. 15The tax filing deadline for the
December gaming tax returns willstill remain Jan. 15 despite
Divisionoffices being closed that day for amandatory State furlough
day. Ca-sino should be aware that Divisionstaff will not be
available on Jan. 15if problems arise with filing returnson that
date.
Commission ActionAt its meeting on Dec. 17 in
Lakewood, the Gaming Commission:•Renewed the
manufacturer/dis-
tributor license of PDS GamingCorporation - Colorado
Commission ScheduleThe Gaming Commission will
continue to meet on the thirdThursday of the month in 2010.
• Thursday, January 21• Thursday, February 18• Thursday, March
18• Thursday, April 15• Thursday, May 20• Thursday, June 17•
Thursday, July 15• Thursday, August 19• Thursday, September 16•
Thursday, October 21• Thursday, November 18• Thursday, December
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November AGP Surges AgainRevenues at Colorado casinos continued
to grow in November compared to 2008
as the result of Amendment 50. Casinos statewide reported $61.1
million in AGP inNovember, up 7.8 percent from $56.7 million in
November 2008, but down 1.0percent from $61.7 million in October.
For the first five months since theimplementation of Amendment 50,
casino revenues are up 8.5 percent over the sameperiod in 2008.
Black Hawk’s 18 casinos again fueled the increase in November,
producing $45.8million in AGP during the month, up 13.0 percent
from $40.5 million in November2008 and up slightly from $45.4
million in October. Cripple Creek’s 16 casinosgenerated $10.3
million in AGP in November, down 5.3 from $10.9 million inNovember
2008 and down 7.2 percent from $11.1 million in October. Central
City’ssix casinos totaled $4.9 million in AGP in November, down 4.7
percent from $5.2million in November 2008 and down 3.2 percent from
$5.1 million in October.
Casinos statewide paid $9.2 million in gaming tax proceeds in
November, up from$8.6 million in October.
The Division of Gaming is on the move—at least looking atthis
time to be on the move. We are looking at possible sites inthe
Golden area to move our Lakewood headquarters office. Weare
focusing on Golden because it provides staff with betteraccess to
Central City and Black Hawk, as well as to CrippleCreek through the
“back way” up Highway 285 to Highway 67. It should alsobe a more
convenient location for most of our gaming license applicants.
We are aware that people may ask why we would move from a “paid
for”facility to a leased facility, especially given the State
budget crisis. While theState owns the Pierce Street building, we
still have to pay for maintenance.Additionally, we are in the
process of closing on the purchase of the buildingthat houses our
Cripple Creek office. Once that is finalized, we will no longerbe
paying lease on that facility. We are striving to keep relocation
costs to aminimum, and the combined cost savings from the Pierce
maintenance and theCripple Creek lease will be a tremendous
help.
The move would be a win-win proposition not only for us, but for
theDepartment of Revenue as well. With additional staff for
Amendment 50 andthe moving of audit staff from our Central City
office to Lakewood, we haveoutgrown our office space. Other DOR
divisions in the Pierce building areexperiencing similar space
issues. Our move would give them space in whichto expand.
Ironically, the main reason we moved into the Pierce building
13years ago was because Motor Vehicle could not occupy enough
space. Now partof the reason we are looking to relocate is that
they need more space.
—Ron Kammerzell
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM
THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
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COLORADO STATE GAMING STATISTICS CRIPPLE CREEK GAMING
STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009November
2009 October 2009October 2009October 2009October 2009October 2009
November 2008November 2008November 2008November 2008November 2008
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
7,725 7,664 7,887 38,630293,821,673.88 291,092,297.23
293,296,653.27 1,585,790,365.2827,315,782.96 27,309,111.72
26,321,624.08 147,010,324.28
117.87 115.04 111.24 124.399.30% 9.38% 8.97% 9.27%
1,938 1,932 2,273 9,73588,845,627.74 89,546,988.10
112,092,663.32 507,470,804.445,037,635.93 5,127,811.60 6,010,135.95
29,061,973.33
86.65 85.69 88.14 97.585.67% 5.73% 5.36% 5.73%
2,000 2,014 2,427 10,209157,964,609.56 158,741,488.85
188,681,488.13 883,522,912.96
8,107,238.76 8,479,521.40 9,674,485.33 46,257,303.94135.12
135.93 132.87 148.105.13% 5.34% 5.13% 5.24%
2,233 2,177 1,912 10,861186,556,045.15 186,470,538.39
114,278,229.14 974,783,758.52
8,958,859.97 8,602,836.39 5,863,117.36 45,481,737.60133.73
127.58 102.22 136.874.80% 4.61% 5.13% 4.67%
1,742 1,731 1,937 8,73991,055,231.88 88,559,448.09 98,825,749.06
505,437,440.515,681,631.46 5,615,127.50 5,672,378.74
30,443,416.17
108.72 104.73 97.61 113.866.24% 6.34% 5.74% 6.02%
134 138 72 66813,755,813.36 14,206,035.69 2,974,631.25
75,055,012.152,110,885.36 2,328,033.44 640,701.25 10,897,618.85
525.10 544.63 296.62 533.2215.35% 16.39% 21.54% 14.52%
29 29 0 1425,636,616.25 5,876,290.95 0.00
33,789,274.401,201,922.00 1,327,644.20 0.00 6,563,418.15
1,381.52 1,478.00 0.00 1,510.7521.32% 22.59% 0.00% 19.42%
137 139 157 7333,431,184.00 3,532,734.05 2,611,368.81
20,061,272.512,231,503.73 2,349,181.40 1,988,528.56
13,344,016.65
542.94 545.62 422.19 595.0221.95% 25.05% 22.16% 23.57%
27 28 0 1332,145,375.75 2,519,136.25 0.00 13,610,979.01
527,967.25 641,085.75 0.00 3,162,061.51651.81 739.18 0.00
777.0924.61% 25.45% 0.00% 23.23%
61,173,427.42 61,780,353.40 56,729,880.04
332,221,870.089,251,135.21 8,653,845.31 8,064,125.20
33,889,736.69
40 40 40 40
November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009November
2009 October 2009October 2009October 2009October 2009October 2009
November 2008November 2008November 2008November 2008November 2008
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
2,026 2,027 1,978 10,08957,360,002.96 57,358,428.66
56,267,413.74 334,109,869.854,762,146.71 4,808,531.06 4,615,074.22
28,052,742.40
78.35 76.68 77.77 90.908.30% 8.38% 8.20% 8.40%
736 742 783 3,72925,373,867.49 26,301,347.75 29,970,339.77
155,934,693.861,142,454.81 1,266,410.38 1,483,350.95
7,412,308.48
51.74 55.17 63.15 64.994.50% 4.82% 4.95% 4.75%
753 756 826 3,78235,969,257.00 37,124,393.33 44,901,571.00
222,363,306.601,653,016.26 1,990,055.28 2,157,657.81
10,844,388.98
73.17 85.09 87.07 93.744.60% 5.36% 4.81% 4.88%
521 515 577 2,56421,830,347.41 22,868,143.79 19,838,905.26
128,524,636.191,038,945.61 1,134,605.06 1,079,256.37
6,103,035.28
66.47 71.21 62.35 77.824.76% 4.96% 5.44% 4.75%
539 537 571 2,71218,209,318.49 16,851,735.09 19,650,641.30
106,566,811.031,002,838.08 1,084,781.18 1,222,911.33
6,186,457.97
62.02 65.30 71.39 74.585.51% 6.44% 6.22% 5.81%
30 34 20 1611,701,660.00 1,884,213.50 486,005.75
11,452,591.60
248,941.25 309,419.25 93,744.75 1,585,037.60276.60 294.16 156.24
321.8614.63% 16.42% 19.29% 13.84%
9 9 0 46729,737.00 734,556.60 0.00 5,199,928.35151,491.25
195,523.35 0.00 1,004,533.60
561.08 702.22 0.00 713.9420.76% 26.62% 0.00% 19.32%
33 35 36 181407,571.50 524,828.50 356,690.50
3,020,446.16291,478.60 285,339.36 275,834.00 1,696,963.98
294.42 263.52 255.40 306.5121.99% 20.85% 22.71% 18.99%
8 9 0 44230,351.50 288,837.50 0.00 1,912,319.2561,307.00
80,930.25 0.00 469,038.75
255.45 290.66 0.00 348.5126.61% 28.02% 0.00% 24.53%
10,352,619.57 11,155,595.17 10,927,829.43
63,354,507.04589,869.36 512,235.36 613,090.41 1,615,703.28
16 16 16 16
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November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009November
2009 October 2009October 2009October 2009October 2009October 2009
November 2008November 2008November 2008November 2008November 2008
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
1,001 1,009 1,027 5,05227,779,140.03 28,036,650.48 30,671,850.02
155,195,659.182,502,143.84 2,612,216.19 2,679,688.37
14,291,891.62
83.32 83.51 86.97 92.459.01% 9.32% 8.74% 9.21%
274 274 313 1,3787,175,450.25 7,847,774.75 11,114,528.80
42,400,386.25
360,617.20 445,529.04 571,360.77 2,426,414.6643.87 52.45 60.85
57.545.03% 5.68% 5.14% 5.72%
245 241 255 1,21213,701,823.00 14,366,581.00 17,029,465.00
71,145,213.00
577,378.98 558,637.95 773,434.28 3,346,847.5878.55 74.77 101.10
90.244.21% 3.89% 4.54% 4.70%
287 287 258 1,44919,263,773.90 19,252,372.01 11,261,186.91
104,095,209.27
826,826.93 833,765.72 643,247.96 4,489,091.8296.03 93.71 83.11
101.244.29% 4.33% 5.71% 4.31%
231 231 268 1,1725,365,794.05 4,974,225.10 6,302,010.65
28,665,691.65
324,501.26 272,311.17 375,835.40 1,635,011.1446.83 38.03 46.75
45.596.05% 5.47% 5.96% 5.70%
19 19 9 93564,211.75 668,342.50 216,727.25 3,533,922.8181,009.75
86,087.25 34,592.75 465,790.56
142.12 132.24 128.12 163.6814.36% 12.88% 15.96% 13.18%
3 3 0 15520,655.00 565,302.75 0.00 3,396,626.30117,999.00
117,009.25 0.00 669,818.80
1,311.10 1,258.16 0.00 1,459.3022.66% 20.70% 0.00% 19.72%
14 14 21 86444,094.00 444,642.50 293,890.81
2,761,767.50156,380.66 199,235.25 161,379.56 996,798.66
372.33 459.07 256.16 378.7817.80% 26.81% 23.53% 21.00%
5 5 0 25141,589.75 204,497.00 0.00 1,247,919.3544,622.25
35,661.75 0.00 304,221.85
297.48 230.08 0.00 397.6831.52% 17.44% 0.00% 24.38%
4,991,479.87 5,160,453.57 5,239,539.09 28,625,886.29662,455.43
602,036.45 642,369.68 1,950,994.05
6 6 6 6
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009November
2009 October 2009October 2009October 2009October 2009October 2009
November 2008November 2008November 2008November 2008November 2008
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
4,698 4,628 4,882 23,489208,682,530.89 205,697,218.09
206,357,389.51 1,096,484,836.2520,051,492.41 19,888,364.47
19,026,861.49 104,665,690.26
142.27 138.63 129.91 145.629.61% 9.67% 9.22% 9.55%
928 916 1,177 4,62856,296,310.00 55,397,865.60 71,007,794.75
309,135,724.333,534,563.92 3,415,872.18 3,955,424.23
19,223,250.19
126.96 120.29 112.02 135.746.28% 6.17% 5.57% 6.22%
1,002 1,017 1,346 5,215108,293,529.56 107,250,514.52
126,750,452.13 590,014,393.36
5,876,843.52 5,930,828.17 6,743,393.24 32,066,067.38195.50
188.12 167.00 200.945.43% 5.53% 5.32% 5.43%
1,425 1,375 1,077 6,848145,461,923.84 144,350,022.59
83,178,136.97 742,163,913.06
7,093,087.43 6,634,465.61 4,140,613.03 34,889,610.50165.92
155.65 128.15 166.504.88% 4.60% 4.98% 4.70%
972 963 1,098 4,85567,480,119.34 66,733,487.90 72,873,097.11
370,204,937.834,354,292.12 4,258,035.15 4,073,632.01
22,621,947.06
149.32 142.63 123.67 152.276.45% 6.38% 5.59% 6.11%
85 85 43 41411,489,941.61 11,653,479.69 2,271,898.25
60,068,497.741,780,934.36 1,932,526.94 512,363.75 8,846,790.69
698.41 733.41 397.18 698.3415.50% 16.58% 22.55% 14.73%
17 17 0 814,386,224.25 4,576,431.60 0.00 25,192,719.75
932,431.75 1,015,111.60 0.00 4,889,065.751,828.30 1,926.21 0.00
1,972.51
21.26% 22.18% 0.00% 19.41%
90 90 100 4662,579,518.50 2,563,263.05 1,960,787.50
14,279,058.851,783,644.47 1,864,606.79 1,551,315.00
10,650,254.01
660.61 668.32 517.11 746.8822.66% 25.61% 21.85% 25.04%
14 14 0 641,773,434.50 2,025,801.75 0.00 10,450,740.41
422,038.00 524,493.75 0.00 2,388,800.911,004.85 1,208.51 0.00
1,219.77
23.80% 25.89% 0.00% 22.86%
45,829,327.98 45,464,304.66 40,562,511.52
240,241,476.757,998,810.42 7,539,573.50 6,808,665.11
30,323,039.36
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CENTRAL CITY GAMING STATISTICSBLACK HAWK GAMING STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
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Cripple CreekAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 4,575 $9,599,401 $69.94
6.05%
Tables 80 $753,218 $313.84 17.96%
TOTAL 4,655 $10,352,620 $74.13 6.27%
Central CityAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 2,038 $4,591,468 $75.10
6.27%
Tables 41 $400,012 $325.21 19.32%
TOTAL 2,079 $4,991,480 $80.03 6.56%
Average daily AGP per device is calculated by dividing the total
AGP by the number of devices, further divided by the average number
of daysAverage daily AGP per device is calculated by dividing the
total AGP by the number of devices, further divided by the average
number of daysAverage daily AGP per device is calculated by
dividing the total AGP by the number of devices, further divided by
the average number of daysAverage daily AGP per device is
calculated by dividing the total AGP by the number of devices,
further divided by the average number of daysAverage daily AGP per
device is calculated by dividing the total AGP by the number of
devices, further divided by the average number of daysopen for all
establishments open in November. Hold percentage does not include
player-banked poker tables.open for all establishments open in
November. Hold percentage does not include player-banked poker
tables.open for all establishments open in November. Hold
percentage does not include player-banked poker tables.open for all
establishments open in November. Hold percentage does not include
player-banked poker tables.open for all establishments open in
November. Hold percentage does not include player-banked poker
tables.
StatewideAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 15,638 $55,101,149
$117.45 6.73%
Tables 327 $6,072,278 $618.99 18.40%
TOTAL 15,965 $61,173,427 $127.72 7.08%
Black HawkAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 9,025 $40,910,279
$151.10 6.98%
Tables 206 $4,919,049 $795.96 18.39%
TOTAL 9,231 $45,829,328 $165.49 7.36%
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REVENUECOLORADO DEPT OF REVENUECOLORADO DEPT OF REVENUEDIVISION OF
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DADADADADATES TO REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBERTES TO
REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBER
January 1 • New Year’s Day, Division offices closed
January 15 • December gaming tax returns due
January 15 • State furlough day, Division offices closed
January 18 • Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Division offices
closed
January 21 • Gaming Commission meeting, Lakewood, 9:15 a.m.
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Issue 2 FEBRUARFEBRUARFEBRUARFEBRUARFEBRUARY 2010Y 2010Y 2010Y
2010Y 2010
Philip Baca Appointedas New Commissioner
Gov. Bill Ritter has appointedPhilip Baca to serve as the law
en-forcement member of the GamingCommission. He replaces
JimAlderden, whose second term endedon June 30, but continued to
serveuntil Baca’s appointment.
Baca, a graduate of the FBI Na-tional Acedemy, is the chief of
po-lice for Commerce City. He beganhis law enforcement career in
1974with the Denver County Sheriff’sDepartment and a year later
joinedthe Denver Police Department,where he reached the rank of
lieu-tenant. In 1990, he left law enforce-ment to join the legal
professionafter earning his juris doctorate fromthe University of
Denver. He prac-ticed law until becoming the lawenforcement academy
director of theColorado Sheriff’s Training Insti-tute in 1998. He
then joined theJefferson County Sheriff’s Office in2000, where he
became the divisionchief of the criminal investigationssection
before being named Com-merce City police chief in 2008.
Commission ActionAt its meeting on Jan. 21 in Lake-
wood, the Gaming Commission:• Renewed the retail license of
Johnny Nolon’s Casino• Approved stipulations and
agreements between the Division ofGaming and Aristocrat
Technolo-gies Inc., resulting in a $7,500 fine,and between the
Division andGolden Gates Casino, resulting in a$25,000 fine
December Caps Up-Down YearColorado casinos finished an
up-and-down year on a high note in December.
Casinos statewide reported nearly $734.6 million in AGP in 2009,
up 2.6 percentfrom $715.8 million in calendar 2008. The year ended
with increasing revenues inDecember. For the month, casinos posted
$55.4 million in AGP, up 14.0 percent from$48.6 million in December
2008, but down 9.4 percent from $61.1 million inNovember.
During the first six months of the year, casino revenues were
down 3.9 percent overthe first half of 2008. Over the final six
months after the implementation ofAmendment 50 on July 2, revenues
were up 9.2 percent.
Black Hawk’s 20 casinos generated $529.9 million in AGP in 2009,
up 4.2 percentfrom $508.6 million in 2008. Cripple Creek’s 16
casinos produced $140.3 millionin AGP in 2009, up 0.2 percent from
$140.0 million the previous year. Central City’ssix casinos totaled
$64.2 million in AGP in 2009, down 4.3 percent from $67.1million in
2008.
In December, Black Hawk casinos reported $41.4 million in AGP
($35.4 millionin December 2008); Cripple Creek casinos, $9.5
million ($8.8 million); and CentralCity casinos, $4.5 million ($4.3
million). Casinos statewide paid $8.6 million ingaming tax proceeds
in December.
StatewideStatewideStatewideStatewideStatewide % Chg% Chg% Chg%
Chg% Chg Cripple CreekCripple CreekCripple CreekCripple
CreekCripple Creek % Chg% Chg% Chg% Chg% Chg2000 $ 631,852,112
14.6% $ 134,630,255 9.8%2001 $ 676,674,192 7.1% $ 138,617,688
3.0%2002 $ 719,701,404 6.4% $ 142,436,212 2.8%2003 $ 698,285,082
-3.0% $ 142,525,101 0.1%2004 $ 725,903,556 4.0% $ 148,689,335
4.3%2005 $ 755,499,720 4.1% $ 151,011,042 1.6%2006 $ 782,098,818
3.5% $ 153,075,257 1.4%2007 $ 816,129,779 4.4% $ 154,962,066
1.2%2008 $ 715,879,711 -12.3% $ 140,081,962 -9.6%2009 $ 734,590,354
2.6% $ 140,356,304 0.2%
Black HawkBlack HawkBlack HawkBlack HawkBlack Hawk % Chg% Chg%
Chg% Chg% Chg Central CityCentral CityCentral CityCentral
CityCentral City % Chg% Chg% Chg% Chg% Chg2000 $ 433,768,948 22.2%
$ 63,452,908 -14.0%2001 $ 478,326,427 10.3% $ 59,730,077 -5.9%2002
$ 524,464,856 9.6% $ 52,800,335 -11.6%2003 $ 505,851,055 -3.5% $
49,908,926 -5.5%2004 $ 524,035,343 3.6% $ 53,178,879 6.6%2005 $
531,878,276 1.5% $ 72,610,402 36.5%2006 $ 554,484,627 4.3% $
74,538,934 2.7%2007 $ 581,385,160 4.9% $ 79,782,553 7.0%2008 $
508,685,618 -12.5% $ 67,112,131 -15.9%2009 $ 529,976,828 4.2% $
64,257,223 -4.3%
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COLORADO STATE GAMING STATISTICS CRIPPLE CREEK GAMING
STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009December
2009 November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009November
2009 December 2008December 2008December 2008December 2008December
2008 TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear
to Dateear to Date
7,737 7,725 7,936 46,367262,058,259.73 293,821,673.88
259,881,384.28 1,847,848,625.0124,694,012.14 27,315,782.96
23,447,972.14 171,704,336.42
103.29 117.87 95.39 120.849.42% 9.30% 9.02% 9.29%
1,942 1,938 2,251 11,67777,789,774.75 88,845,627.74
97,116,179.90 585,260,579.194,411,597.08 5,037,635.93 4,958,747.59
33,473,570.41
73.52 86.65 71.12 93.545.67% 5.67% 5.11% 5.72%
1,973 2,000 2,389 12,182136,549,403.02 157,964,609.56
161,785,928.00 1,020,072,315.98
7,446,468.07 8,107,238.76 7,904,166.23 53,703,772.01122.14
135.12 106.81 143.855.45% 5.13% 4.89% 5.26%
2,268 2,233 1,954 13,129166,644,831.50 186,556,045.15
105,845,401.99 1,141,428,590.02
7,920,093.48 8,958,859.97 5,145,690.81 53,401,831.08113.01
133.73 85.02 132.724.75% 4.80% 4.86% 4.68%
1,719 1,742 1,912 10,45881,334,046.47 91,055,231.88
87,206,060.47 586,771,486.984,978,030.65 5,681,631.46 4,505,068.08
35,421,446.82
93.72 108.72 76.07 110.526.12% 6.24% 5.17% 6.04%
140 134 71 80813,731,866.80 13,755,813.36 2,582,423.25
88,786,878.952,159,783.30 2,110,885.36 547,397.25 13,057,402.15
499.25 525.10 248.90 527.3215.73% 15.35% 21.20% 14.71%
29 29 0 1715,620,404.00 5,636,616.25 0.00
39,409,678.401,159,753.00 1,201,922.00 0.00 7,723,171.15
1,294.20 1,381.52 0.00 1,473.7620.63% 21.32% 0.00% 19.60%
137 137 160 8703,240,729.01 3,431,184.00 2,251,278.00
23,302,001.522,134,986.83 2,231,503.73 1,663,000.64
15,479,003.48
504.32 542.94 335.55 580.5723.48% 21.95% 20.94% 23.56%
28 27 0 1611,975,322.36 2,145,375.75 0.00 15,586,301.37
523,276.36 527,967.25 0.00 3,685,337.87604.79 651.81 0.00
746.9326.49% 24.61% 0.00% 23.64%
55,428,000.91 61,173,427.42 48,621,333.38
387,649,870.998,679,491.88 9,251,135.21 7,427,418.77
42,569,228.57
40 40 40 40
December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009December
2009 November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009November
2009 December 2008December 2008December 2008December 2008December
2008 TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear
to Dateear to Date
2,035 2,026 1,980 12,12452,041,333.52 57,360,002.96
49,406,028.30 386,151,203.374,357,439.94 4,762,146.71 3,826,948.55
32,410,182.34
69.63 78.35 62.47 87.328.37% 8.30% 7.75% 8.39%
739 736 777 4,46822,925,524.25 25,373,867.49 26,376,227.39
178,860,218.111,042,743.55 1,142,454.81 1,132,935.94
8,455,052.03
45.89 51.74 47.13 61.814.55% 4.50% 4.30% 4.73%
738 753 832 4,52032,041,280.00 35,969,257.00 36,746,451.00
254,404,586.601,581,227.28 1,653,016.26 1,706,099.18
12,425,616.26
69.68 73.17 66.28 89.794.93% 4.60% 4.64% 4.88%
517 521 575 3,08120,672,029.88 21,830,347.41 17,035,214.21
149,196,666.07
964,826.40 1,038,945.61 839,947.37 7,067,861.6860.69 66.47 47.22
74.934.67% 4.76% 4.93% 4.74%
536 539 565 3,24816,178,301.10 18,209,318.49 16,486,398.55
122,745,112.13
916,775.19 1,002,838.08 988,950.89 7,103,233.1655.62 62.02 56.58
71.435.67% 5.51% 6.00% 5.79%
35 30 20 1961,758,329.80 1,701,660.00 425,889.50
13,210,921.40
249,478.05 248,941.25 91,161.50 1,834,515.65231.80 276.60 147.33
305.7314.19% 14.63% 21.40% 13.89%
9 9 0 55674,154.00 729,737.00 0.00 5,874,082.35108,025.50
151,491.25 0.00 1,112,559.10
390.34 561.08 0.00 660.7416.02% 20.76% 0.00% 18.94%
33 33 36 214321,388.00 407,571.50 301,293.00
3,341,834.16263,108.54 291,478.60 219,950.64 1,960,072.52
259.27 294.42 197.49 299.1830.29% 21.99% 16.31% 20.07%
9 8 0 53249,150.50 230,351.50 0.00 2,161,469.7543,956.00
61,307.00 0.00 512,994.75
158.83 255.45 0.00 316.1617.64% 26.61% 0.00% 23.73%
9,527,580.45 10,352,619.57 8,805,994.07 72,882,087.49631,777.91
589,869.36 626,264.89 2,247,481.19
16 16 16 16
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December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009December
2009 November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009November
2009 December 2008December 2008December 2008December 2008December
2008 TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear
to Dateear to Date
984 1,001 1,023 6,03625,394,744.02 27,779,140.03 25,860,762.09
180,590,403.202,388,273.49 2,502,143.84 2,291,132.12
16,680,165.11
78.29 83.32 72.25 90.119.40% 9.01% 8.86% 9.24%
277 274 301 1,6555,984,630.50 7,175,450.25 8,764,232.25
48,385,016.75
367,228.38 360,617.20 491,044.04 2,793,643.0442.77 43.87 52.63
55.046.14% 5.03% 5.60% 5.77%
241 245 260 1,45312,145,299.00 13,701,823.00 14,517,257.00
83,290,512.00
493,984.38 577,378.98 640,439.36 3,840,831.9666.12 78.55 79.46
86.204.07% 4.21% 4.41% 4.61%
276 287 258 1,72515,685,600.66 19,263,773.90 13,215,548.14
119,780,809.93
605,949.96 826,826.93 579,187.70 5,095,041.7870.82 96.03 72.42
96.313.86% 4.29% 4.38% 4.25%
227 231 265 1,3994,636,336.95 5,365,794.05 4,875,076.30
33,302,028.60
263,987.95 324,501.26 204,292.05 1,898,999.0937.51 46.83 24.87
44.265.69% 6.05% 4.19% 5.70%
19 19 8 112458,469.25 564,211.75 162,295.75
3,992,392.0686,906.25 81,009.75 31,316.75 552,696.81
147.55 142.12 126.28 160.9218.96% 14.36% 19.30% 13.84%
3 3 0 18548,727.50 520,655.00 0.00 3,945,353.8089,673.00
117,999.00 0.00 759,491.80
964.23 1,311.10 0.00 1,375.8916.34% 22.66% 0.00% 19.25%
14 14 22 100410,122.75 444,094.00 263,848.75
3,171,890.25154,552.49 156,380.66 126,427.25 1,151,351.15
356.11 372.33 185.38 375.4421.65% 17.80% 20.08% 21.08%
5 5 0 30128,696.50 141,589.75 0.00 1,376,615.8550,580.50
44,622.25 0.00 354,802.35
326.33 297.48 0.00 385.6539.30% 31.52% 0.00% 25.77%
4,501,136.40 4,991,479.87 4,363,839.27 33,127,022.69624,818.61
662,455.43 617,404.47 2,575,812.66
6 6 6 6
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009December
2009 November 2009November 2009November 2009November 2009November
2009 December 2008December 2008December 2008December 2008December
2008 TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear
to Dateear to Date
4,718 4,698 4,933 28,207184,622,182.19 208,682,530.89
184,614,593.89 1,281,107,018.4417,948,298.71 20,051,492.41
17,329,891.47 122,613,988.97
122.72 142.27 113.32 141.759.72% 9.61% 9.39% 9.57%
926 928 1,173 5,55448,879,620.00 56,296,310.00 61,975,720.26
358,015,344.333,001,625.15 3,534,563.92 3,334,767.61
22,224,875.34
104.56 126.96 91.71 130.496.14% 6.28% 5.38% 6.21%
994 1,002 1,297 6,20992,362,824.02 108,293,529.56 110,522,220.00
682,377,217.385,371,256.41 5,876,843.52 5,557,627.69
37,437,323.79
174.31 195.50 138.23 196.615.82% 5.43% 5.03% 5.49%
1,475 1,425 1,121 8,323130,287,200.96 145,461,923.84
75,594,639.64 872,451,114.02
6,349,317.12 7,093,087.43 3,726,555.74 41,238,927.62138.86
165.92 107.24 161.574.87% 4.88% 4.93% 4.73%
956 972 1,082 5,81160,519,408.42 67,480,119.34 65,844,585.62
430,724,346.253,797,267.51 4,354,292.12 3,311,825.14
26,419,214.57
128.13 149.32 98.74 148.256.27% 6.45% 5.03% 6.13%
86 85 43 50011,515,067.75 11,489,941.61 1,994,238.00
71,583,565.491,823,399.00 1,780,934.36 424,919.00 10,670,189.69
683.95 698.41 318.77 695.8815.83% 15.50% 21.31% 14.91%
17 17 0 984,397,522.50 4,386,224.25 0.00 29,590,242.25
962,054.50 932,431.75 0.00 5,851,120.251,825.53 1,828.30 0.00
1,946.91
21.88% 21.26% 0.00% 19.77%
90 90 102 5562,509,218.26 2,579,518.50 1,686,136.25
16,788,277.111,717,325.80 1,783,644.47 1,316,622.75
12,367,579.81
615.53 660.61 416.39 725.3422.90% 22.66% 21.91% 24.72%
14 14 0 781,597,475.36 1,773,434.50 0.00 12,048,215.77
428,739.86 422,038.00 0.00 2,817,540.77987.88 1,004.85 0.00
1,177.9026.84% 23.80% 0.00% 23.39%
41,399,284.06 45,829,327.98 35,451,500.04
281,640,760.817,422,895.36 7,998,810.42 6,183,749.41
37,745,934.72
18 18 18 18
CENTRAL CITY GAMING STATISTICSBLACK HAWK GAMING STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
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Cripple CreekAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 4,565 $8,863,012 $63.14
6.16%
Tables 86 $664,568 $251.30 16.61%
TOTAL 4,651 $9,527,580 $66.61 6.37%
Central CityAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 2,005 $4,119,424 $66.28
6.45%
Tables 41 $381,712 $300.32 20.44%
TOTAL 2,046 $4,501,136 $70.97 6.78%
Average daily AGP per device is calculated by dividing the total
AGP by the number of devices, further divided by the average number
of daysAverage daily AGP per device is calculated by dividing the
total AGP by the number of devices, further divided by the average
number of daysAverage daily AGP per device is calculated by
dividing the total AGP by the number of devices, further divided by
the average number of daysAverage daily AGP per device is
calculated by dividing the total AGP by the number of devices,
further divided by the average number of daysAverage daily AGP per
device is calculated by dividing the total AGP by the number of
devices, further divided by the average number of daysopen for all
establishments open in December. Hold percentage does not include
player-banked poker tables.open for all establishments open in
December. Hold percentage does not include player-banked poker
tables.open for all establishments open in December. Hold
percentage does not include player-banked poker tables.open for all
establishments open in December. Hold percentage does not include
player-banked poker tables.open for all establishments open in
December. Hold percentage does not include player-banked poker
tables.
StatewideAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 15,639 $49,450,201
$102.33 6.83%
Tables 334 $5,977,799 $579.20 18.74%
TOTAL 15,973 $55,428,001 $112.30 7.22%
Black HawkAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 9,069 $36,467,765
$129.71 7.06%
Tables 207 $4,931,519 $768.51 18.93%
TOTAL 9,276 $41,399,284 $143.97 7.50%
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FEBRUARFEBRUARFEBRUARFEBRUARFEBRUARY 2010Y 2010Y 2010Y 2010Y
2010
DADADADADATES TO REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBERTES TO
REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBER
February 12 • State furlough day, Division offices closed
February 15 • Presidents’ Day, Division offices closed
February 16 • January gaming tax returns due
February 18 • Gaming Commission meeting, Lakewood, 9:15 a.m.
GAMINGUPDATE
DECEMBER AGP BY DEVICE
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Commission OKsRegulation Changes
The Colorado Limited GamingControl Commission on Feb. 18
ap-proved a series of rule changes.
The most notable is the reductionof the allowable minimum odds
forthe payment of blackjack wins from“three to two” to “six to
five.” Underthe rules, casinos can still offerhigher odds than six
to five.
The rule changes also include,among others:
• The option to offer match playcoupons on all table games,
includ-ing specifications for coupons thatare redeemable for
chips
• The option for hardways to beactive on the come out roll in
crapsif allowed by house rules
• The option to charge vigors onbuy and lay bets rather than
requir-ing them
A copy of the redline version ofthe changes is available on the
Di-vision web site on the RulemakingHearings page under The
Commis-sion section.
The changes will go into effectApril 30.
Commission ActionAt its meeting on Feb. 18 in Lake-
wood, the Gaming Commission:• Renewed the manufacturer/
distributor and operator licenses ofWMS Gaming, Inc.
• Approved a change of owner-ship in Atronic Americas, LLC
• Issued new manufacturer/dis-tributor and operator licenses
toSpeilo Manufacturing, ULC
New Year Starts PositivelyColorado casinos started the new year
positively in January. Casinos statewide
reported $64.2 million in AGP in January, up 11.7 percent from
$57.5 million inJanuary 2009 and up 16.0 percent from $55.4 million
in December.
Black Hawk’s 20 casinos produced $48.2 million in AGP in
January, up 16.0percent from $41.5 million in January 2009 and up
16.5 percent from $41.4 millionin December. Cripple Creek’s 16
casinos totaled $10.8 million in AGP in January,up 1.3 percent from
$10.7 million the previous January and up 13.9 percent from
$9.5million in December. Central City’s six casinos generated $5.2
million in AGP inJanuary, even with January 2009 but up 15.6
percent from $4.5 million the previousmonth.
Casinos statewide paid $10.4 million in gaming tax proceeds in
January, up from$8.6 million in December.
For the first seven months of the fiscal year starting in July
after the implementationof Amendment 50, AGP is up 9.6 percent and
tax revenues have increased by 17.1percent compared to the first
seven months of fiscal year 2009.
No Gaming Commission action in recent memory has stirredmore
public discussion than the Commission’s considerationand approval
on February 18 of rule changes that lower the oddson blackjacks
from 3-to-2 to 6-to-5.
Unfortunately, that is how many people interpret theCommission’s
action. In fact, the rule changes lowered the allowable minimumodds
on blackjacks from 3-to-2 to 6-to-5. There is a big difference.
StartingApril 30, when the new rules go into effect, casinos can
lower the odds, but manywill choose not to. Starting then, casinos
can offer 6-to-5 single-deck pitchblackjack, a variation that
casinos have chosen not to offer in the past becauseof the current
3-to-2 minimum odds.
Lost in the discourse regarding the rule changes was the fact
that the changeswere more about choice than they were about odds.
As a Division, we had tochoose whether to take the industry’s
request for a rule change to the Commission.Although we remained
neutral, we took the proposed changes before theCommission because
there was no legal reason why they should not beapproved. The
Commission then chose to approve them because the rulechanges were
permissive and not mandatory.
Now the choice rests with the casinos. They can choose to offer
3-to-2 or 6-to-5 on all games or no games or only single-deck
games. The combinations areendless. Finally, the choice will fall
upon the casino patrons, who will decidewhich games at which odds
they will play. Again, this decision was ultimatelyabout choice,
and the market will ultimately decide.
—Ron Kammerzell
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM
THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
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COLORADO STATE GAMING STATISTICS CRIPPLE CREEK GAMING
STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009
JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
7,691 7,737 7,927 54,058315,614,524.36 262,058,259.73
297,761,688.05 2,163,463,149.3729,080,983.64 24,694,012.14
27,282,327.34 200,785,320.06
122.07 103.29 111.02 121.019.21% 9.42% 9.16% 9.28%
1,922 1,942 2,227 13,59996,806,985.60 77,789,774.75
114,471,885.15 682,067,564.795,408,071.21 4,411,597.08 6,004,158.04
38,881,641.62
90.84 73.52 86.97 93.155.59% 5.67% 5.25% 5.70%
1,941 1,973 2,365 14,123166,983,634.07 136,549,403.02
186,059,374.45 1,187,055,950.05
8,501,203.93 7,446,468.07 9,362,236.89 62,204,975.94141.40
122.14 127.70 143.505.09% 5.45% 5.03% 5.24%
2,214 2,268 1,939 15,343199,384,516.36 166,644,831.50
120,598,318.66 1,340,813,106.38
8,947,107.57 7,920,093.48 6,139,294.26 62,348,938.65130.46
113.01 102.14 132.404.49% 4.75% 5.09% 4.65%
1,667 1,719 1,885 12,12597,988,061.35 81,334,046.47
99,287,214.10 684,759,548.335,710,429.49 4,978,030.65 5,741,352.13
41,131,876.31
110.59 93.72 98.25 110.525.83% 6.12% 5.78% 6.01%
130 140 72 93814,877,951.16 13,731,866.80 2,997,736.90
103,664,830.112,322,216.41 2,159,783.30 639,554.90
15,379,618.56
576.70 499.25 286.54 534.2015.61% 15.73% 21.33% 14.84%
29 29 0 2006,431,400.80 5,620,404.00 0.00
45,841,079.201,293,789.05 1,159,753.00 0.00 9,016,960.20
1,440.30 1,294.20 0.00 1,468.9020.12% 20.63% 0.00% 19.67%
136 137 159 1,0063,760,485.26 3,240,729.01 2,585,070.50
27,062,486.782,493,087.17 2,134,986.83 1,962,072.75
17,972,090.65
591.82 504.32 398.07 582.0525.10% 23.48% 23.23% 23.77%
28 28 0 1892,516,688.25 1,975,322.36 0.00 18,102,989.62
535,223.50 523,276.36 0.00 4,220,561.37617.11 604.79 0.00
727.5621.27% 26.49% 0.00% 23.31%
64,292,111.97 55,428,000.91 57,548,246.40
451,941,982.9610,429,877.31 8,679,491.88 9,294,275.23
52,999,105.88
40 40 40 40
JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009
JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
2,042 2,035 1,963 14,16659,722,031.65 52,041,333.52
56,675,198.98 445,873,235.024,909,491.28 4,357,439.94 4,541,483.85
37,319,673.62
77.71 69.63 74.63 85.928.22% 8.37% 8.01% 8.37%
735 739 775 5,20327,487,608.75 22,925,524.25 32,063,906.25
206,347,826.861,304,332.40 1,042,743.55 1,490,453.30
9,759,384.43
57.36 45.89 62.04 61.184.75% 4.55% 4.65% 4.73%
735 738 825 5,25539,544,535.00 32,041,280.00 43,272,486.00
293,949,121.601,730,407.73 1,581,227.28 2,177,720.14
14,156,023.99
76.10 69.68 85.15 87.864.38% 4.93% 5.03% 4.82%
505 517 561 3,58624,270,605.85 20,672,029.88 18,817,867.50
173,467,271.921,074,664.54 964,826.40 1,044,842.83 8,142,526.22
68.79 60.69 60.08 74.064.43% 4.67% 5.55% 4.69%
522 536 555 3,77018,523,266.60 16,178,301.10 19,910,743.75
141,268,378.73
938,800.05 916,775.19 1,132,508.22 8,042,033.2158.13 55.62 65.82
69.575.07% 5.67% 5.69% 5.69%
32 35 21 2281,926,599.50 1,758,329.80 462,983.00
15,137,520.90
362,742.50 249,478.05 84,718.50 2,197,258.15366.41 231.80 130.14
314.3118.83% 14.19% 18.30% 14.52%
9 9 0 64811,104.75 674,154.00 0.00 6,685,187.10161,273.50
108,025.50 0.00 1,273,832.60
579.21 390.34 0.00 649.1519.88% 16.02% 0.00% 19.05%
33 33 36 247408,499.50 321,388.00 298,041.25
3,750,333.66300,684.94 263,108.54 248,901.75 2,260,757.46
294.52 259.27 223.03 298.5228.65% 30.29% 22.59% 21.01%
9 9 0 62249,608.25 249,150.50 0.00 2,411,078.0071,783.00
43,956.00 0.00 584,777.75
257.81 158.83 0.00 307.6228.76% 17.64% 0.00% 24.25%
10,854,179.94 9,527,580.45 10,720,628.59 83,736,267.43923,215.22
631,777.91 917,839.11 3,170,696.41
16 16 16 16
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JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009
JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
978 984 999 7,01431,558,257.24 25,394,744.02 30,576,557.86
212,148,660.442,844,651.82 2,388,273.49 2,853,717.05
19,524,816.93
93.83 78.29 92.15 90.639.01% 9.40% 9.33% 9.20%
273 277 294 1,9288,141,170.25 5,984,630.50 10,204,722.15
56,526,187.00
420,713.61 367,228.38 442,148.51 3,214,356.6549.71 42.77 48.51
54.285.17% 6.14% 4.33% 5.69%
235 241 252 1,68814,212,409.00 12,145,299.00 16,862,681.45
97,502,921.00
504,253.79 493,984.38 725,394.28 4,345,085.7569.22 66.12 92.86
83.813.55% 4.07% 4.30% 4.46%
260 276 254 1,98519,109,705.58 15,685,600.66 14,957,648.25
138,890,515.51
729,061.23 605,949.96 670,621.00 5,824,103.0190.45 70.82 85.17
95.533.82% 3.86% 4.48% 4.19%
226 227 259 1,6255,659,602.90 4,636,336.95 5,599,984.55
38,961,631.50
306,441.20 263,987.95 359,056.88 2,205,440.2943.74 37.51 44.72
44.195.41% 5.69% 6.41% 5.66%
16 19 8 128606,410.25 458,469.25 195,871.55
4,598,802.3176,787.50 86,906.25 32,025.55 629,484.31
154.81 147.55 129.14 160.1212.66% 18.96% 16.35% 13.69%
3 3 0 21576,245.00 548,727.50 0.00 4,521,598.80118,286.00
89,673.00 0.00 877,777.80
1,271.89 964.23 0.00 1,360.9020.53% 16.34% 0.00% 19.41%
15 14 22 115522,867.00 410,122.75 325,215.25
3,694,757.25171,626.46 154,552.49 161,587.00 1,322,977.61
369.09 356.11 236.93 374.5516.31% 21.65% 22.71% 20.41%
5 5 0 35161,059.00 128,696.50 0.00 1,537,674.8533,224.00
50,580.50 0.00 388,026.35
214.35 326.33 0.00 360.9520.63% 39.30% 0.00% 25.23%
5,205,045.61 4,501,136.40 5,244,550.27 38,332,068.30740,560.34
624,818.61 784,166.32 3,316,373.00
6 6 6 6
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009December 2009
JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
4,671 4,718 4,965 32,878224,334,235.47 184,622,182.19
210,509,931.21 1,505,441,253.9121,326,840.54 17,948,298.71
19,887,126.44 143,940,829.51
147.28 122.72 129.21 142.549.51% 9.72% 9.45% 9.56%
914 926 1,158 6,46861,178,206.60 48,879,620.00 72,203,256.75
419,193,550.933,683,025.20 3,001,625.15 4,071,556.23
25,907,900.54
129.99 104.56 113.42 130.416.02% 6.14% 5.64% 6.18%
971 994 1,288 7,180113,226,690.07 92,362,824.02 125,924,207.00
795,603,907.45
6,266,542.41 5,371,256.41 6,459,122.47 43,703,866.20208.18
174.31 161.77 198.185.53% 5.82% 5.13% 5.49%
1,449 1,475 1,124 9,772156,004,204.93 130,287,200.96
86,822,802.91 1,028,455,318.95
7,143,381.80 6,349,317.12 4,423,830.43 48,382,309.42159.03
138.86 126.96 161.204.58% 4.87% 5.10% 4.70%
919 956 1,071 6,73073,805,191.85 60,519,408.42 73,776,485.80
504,529,538.104,465,188.24 3,797,267.51 4,249,787.03
30,884,402.81
156.73 128.13 128.00 149.416.05% 6.27% 5.76% 6.12%
82 86 43 58212,344,941.41 11,515,067.75 2,338,882.35
83,928,506.901,882,686.41 1,823,399.00 522,810.85 12,552,876.10
740.63 683.95 392.21 702.2315.25% 15.83% 22.35% 14.96%
17 17 0 1155,044,051.05 4,397,522.50 0.00
34,634,293.301,014,229.55 962,054.50 0.00 6,865,349.80
1,924.53 1,825.53 0.00 1,943.6820.11% 21.88% 0.00% 19.82%
88 90 101 6442,829,118.76 2,509,218.26 1,961,814.00
19,617,395.872,020,775.77 1,717,325.80 1,551,584.00
14,388,355.58
740.75 615.53 495.56 727.4226.21% 22.90% 23.42% 24.94%
14 14 0 922,106,021.00 1,597,475.36 0.00 14,154,236.77
430,216.50 428,739.86 0.00 3,247,757.27991.28 987.88 0.00
1,149.3620.43% 26.84% 0.00% 22.95%
48,232,886.42 41,399,284.06 41,583,067.54
329,873,647.238,766,101.75 7,422,895.36 7,592,269.80
46,512,036.47
18 18 18 18
CENTRAL CITY GAMING STATISTICSBLACK HAWK GAMING STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
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Cripple CreekAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 4,539 $9,957,696 $70.91
5.87%
Tables 83 $896,484 $349.12 20.99%
TOTAL 4,622 $10,854,180 $75.91 6.17%
Central CityAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 1,972 $4,805,122 $78.60
6.11%
Tables 39 $399,924 $330.79 16.80%
TOTAL 2,011 $5,205,046 $83.49 6.35%
Average daily AGP per device is calculated by dividing the total
AGP by the number of devices, further divided by the average number
of daysAverage daily AGP per device is calculated by dividing the
total AGP by the number of devices, further divided by the average
number of daysAverage daily AGP per device is calculated by
dividing the total AGP by the number of devices, further divided by
the average number of daysAverage daily AGP per device is
calculated by dividing the total AGP by the number of devices,
further divided by the average number of daysAverage daily AGP per
device is calculated by dividing the total AGP by the number of
devices, further divided by the average number of daysopen for all
establishments open in January. Hold percentage does not include
player-banked poker tables.open for all establishments open in
January. Hold percentage does not include player-banked poker
tables.open for all establishments open in January. Hold percentage
does not include player-banked poker tables.open for all
establishments open in January. Hold percentage does not include
player-banked poker tables.open for all establishments open in
January. Hold percentage does not include player-banked poker
tables.
StatewideAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 15,435 $57,647,796
$120.58 6.57%
Tables 323 $6,644,316 $664.10 18.47%
TOTAL 15,758 $64,292,112 $131.72 6.94%
Black HawkAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 8,924 $42,884,978
$155.02 6.82%
Tables 201 $5,347,908 $858.27 18.23%
TOTAL 9,125 $48,232,886 $170.51 7.21%
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DADADADADATES TO REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBERTES TO
REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBER
March 15 • February gaming tax returns due
March 15 • Casino financial statements for 2009 due
March 18 • Gaming Commission meeting, Lakewood, 9:15 a.m.
GAMINGUPDATE
JANUARY AGP BY DEVICE
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Issue 4 APRIL 2010APRIL 2010APRIL 2010APRIL 2010APRIL 2010
ICMP Changes toBe Effective April 30
The Division of Gaming hasposted proposed changes to theInternal
Control Minimum Proce-dures (ICMPs) to go into effectApril 30. The
proposed changesare available on the Division’s website, with a
link from the currentICMP page. Industry comment onthe proposed
changes ends onMarch 26. The ICMP changes cor-relate with rule
changes approvedby the Commission in February.
Offices to be ClosedFor Furlough Day
All three Division of Gamingoffices will be closed Friday,
April2 for a State mandatory furloughday. The closings will be the
sev-enth of eight mandatory furloughdays for the fiscal year. The
lastfurlough day will be Friday, May28.
Tax Hearings SetThe Gaming Commission’s an-
nual tax setting hearings to deter-mine the gaming tax rate for
Fis-cal Year 2011 starting July 1 willcommence on Thursday, April
15and continue on Thursday, May20. Both hearings will be held atthe
Division’s Lakewood office.
Commission ActionAt its meeting on Feb. 18 in
Lakewood, the Gaming Commis-sion:
• Renewed the manufacturer/distributor license of
Paltronics,Inc.
AGP Grows Slowly in FebruaryA short month resulted in shorter
revenues at Colorado casinos in February.
Casinos statewide reported nearly $58.7 million in AGP in
February, up 2.5 percentfrom $57.2 million in February 2009, but
down 8.7 percent from $64.2 million inJanuary. The 2.5 annual
percent growth rate was the second lowest since theinception of
Amendment 50 in July. Revenues in August grew by 2.1
percent.Overall, revenues have increased 8.7 percent since the
implementation of Amendment50.
Black Hawk’s 20 casinos totaled nearly $43.6 million in AGP in
February, up 5.9percent from $41.1 million in February 2009, but
down 9.6 percent from $48.2million in January. Cripple Creek’s 16
casinos generated $9.9 million in AGP inFebruary, down 9.5 percent
from $11.0 million the previous February and down 7.9percent from
$10.8 million in January. Central City’s six casinos produced
$5.1million in AGP in February, up 1.1 percent from $5.0 million in
February 2009, butdown 1.9 percent from $5.2 million the previous
month.
Casinos statewide paid $9.9 million in gaming tax proceeds in
February, downfrom $10.4 million in January.
Normally at this time of year I would provide updates onpending
or approved legislation affecting the Division of Gamingand the
casino industry. This year, if you search for the word“gaming” in
the text of legislative bills, you will find a list ofsupplemental
appropriation and distribution bills affecting theState agencies
and funds that receive the General Fund share of the LimitedGaming
Fund. You will also find an amendment to the Colorado
RegionalTourism Act passed last year that exempts facilities that
offer “gambling-related activities” from receiving funding under
the act.
That’s the extent of legislation related to “gaming.” That
doesn’t mean thatthe legislature is ignoring the Division or the
industry entirely. We continue toreceive inquiries from legislative
staff and others, asking for the latest distributionprojections as
the legislature and State agencies continue to look for ways tomake
up for budget shortfalls. One measure to help balance the State
budget isto carve out more than $15 million from the General Fund
share of the LimitedGaming Fund.
Although we would like to be able to look into the crystal ball
and give anexact figure after seven months of revenues, it is still
too early to say what thefinal numbers will be. If we were to use
the year-to-date increase in tax revenuesat the end of January, the
figure would have been 17.1 percent. At the end ofFebruary, it was
15.1 percent. Anyone willing to give a best guess estimate whatit
will be at the end of June? I am not.
—Ron Kammerzell
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM
THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
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COLORADO STATE GAMING STATISTICS CRIPPLE CREEK GAMING
STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y
2010 JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
7,744 7,691 7,891 61,802291,813,886.58 315,614,524.36
301,852,484.75 2,455,277,035.9527,094,988.63 29,080,983.64
27,669,160.23 227,880,308.69
125.07 122.07 125.23 121.489.29% 9.21% 9.17% 9.28%
1,896 1,922 2,225 15,49580,936,774.10 96,806,985.60
109,792,094.73 763,004,338.894,678,884.81 5,408,071.21 6,043,095.69
43,560,526.43
88.21 90.84 97.00 92.625.78% 5.59% 5.50% 5.71%
1,919 1,941 2,346 16,042140,415,872.25 166,983,634.07
180,653,863.01 1,327,471,822.30
7,375,275.39 8,501,203.93 8,923,259.18 69,580,251.33137.38
141.40 135.84 142.905.25% 5.09% 4.94% 5.24%
2,153 2,214 1,923 17,496172,434,870.83 199,384,516.36
118,374,094.69 1,513,247,977.21
8,600,959.80 8,947,107.57 5,728,357.48 70,949,898.45142.80
130.46 106.39 133.604.99% 4.49% 4.84% 4.69%
1,667 1,667 1,864 13,79284,269,852.31 97,988,061.35
97,586,325.03 769,029,400.645,075,725.49 5,710,429.49 5,836,359.34
46,207,601.80
108.84 110.59 111.82 110.386.02% 5.83% 5.98% 6.01%
126 130 72 1,06413,729,181.57 14,877,951.16 3,045,880.65
117,394,011.682,027,449.57 2,322,216.41 589,031.40
17,407,068.13
575.19 576.70 292.18 538.9914.77% 15.61% 19.34% 14.83%
28 29 0 2285,690,006.00 6,431,400.80 0.00
51,531,085.201,147,888.50 1,293,789.05 0.00 10,164,848.70
1,465.45 1,440.30 0.00 1,468.8020.17% 20.12% 0.00% 19.73%
138 136 159 1,1443,392,932.65 3,760,485.26 2,487,952.75
30,455,419.432,235,135.77 2,493,087.17 1,940,114.75
20,207,226.42
578.97 591.82 435.78 581.9424.78% 25.10% 24.26% 23.88%
27 28 0 2162,284,220.56 2,516,688.25 0.00 20,387,210.18
461,530.56 535,223.50 0.00 4,682,091.93611.04 617.11 0.00
714.1420.21% 21.27% 0.00% 22.97%
58,697,838.52 64,292,111.97 57,276,650.32
510,639,821.489,929,386.84 10,429,877.31 9,439,997.14
62,928,492.72
40 40 40 40
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y
2010 JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
2,068 2,042 1,962 16,23456,830,993.52 59,722,031.65
59,722,664.47 502,704,228.544,658,375.89 4,909,491.28 4,886,718.22
41,978,049.51
80.45 77.71 88.95 85.268.20% 8.22% 8.18% 8.35%
738 735 777 5,94123,257,024.00 27,487,608.75 31,169,048.43
229,604,850.861,095,803.34 1,304,332.40 1,506,521.94
10,855,187.77
53.03 57.36 69.25 60.254.71% 4.75% 4.83% 4.73%
734 735 825 5,98933,451,975.00 39,544,535.00 43,386,855.99
327,401,096.601,575,894.01 1,730,407.73 2,031,694.38
15,731,918.00
76.68 76.10 87.95 86.614.71% 4.38% 4.68% 4.81%
497 505 551 4,08320,506,004.69 24,270,605.85 19,379,301.09
193,973,276.611,037,169.55 1,074,664.54 1,014,308.80
9,179,695.77
74.53 68.79 65.74 74.135.06% 4.43% 5.23% 4.73%
524 522 550 4,29415,202,243.35 18,523,266.60 19,955,402.60
156,470,622.08
857,672.37 938,800.05 1,257,969.93 8,899,705.5858.46 58.13 81.69
68.345.64% 5.07% 6.30% 5.69%
31 32 21 2591,731,623.25 1,926,599.50 517,305.25
16,869,144.15
296,736.25 362,742.50 92,777.25 2,493,994.40341.86 366.41 157.78
317.5017.14% 18.83% 17.93% 14.78%
8 9 0 72653,973.50 811,104.75 0.00 7,339,160.60135,650.50
161,273.50 0.00 1,409,483.10
605.58 579.21 0.00 645.4820.74% 19.88% 0.00% 19.20%
33 33 37 280379,859.50 408,499.50 356,009.50
4,130,193.16268,990.26 300,684.94 252,888.75 2,529,747.72
291.12 294.52 244.10 297.9028.33% 28.65% 18.49% 21.68%
8 9 0 70252,178.00 249,608.25 0.00 2,663,256.0066,425.00
71,783.00 0.00 651,202.75
296.54 257.81 0.00 306.7426.34% 28.76% 0.00% 24.45%
9,992,717.17 10,854,179.94 11,042,879.27
93,728,984.601,052,218.76 923,215.22 1,117,234.93 4,222,915.17
16 16 16 16
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FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y
2010 JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
966 978 985 7,98029,233,728.79 31,558,257.24 29,526,718.02
241,382,389.232,724,041.86 2,844,651.82 2,690,984.04
22,248,858.79
101.31 93.83 97.57 91.859.32% 9.01% 9.11% 9.22%
266 273 290 2,1947,185,909.75 8,141,170.25 9,233,130.80
63,712,096.75
429,093.47 420,713.61 509,529.18 3,643,450.1257.96 49.71 62.75
54.715.97% 5.17% 5.52% 5.72%
225 235 252 1,91312,472,864.00 14,212,409.00 16,609,884.00
109,975,785.00
568,624.71 504,253.79 750,275.78 4,913,710.4690.80 69.22 106.33
84.624.56% 3.55% 4.52% 4.47%
253 260 248 2,23815,802,265.19 19,109,705.58 14,356,951.86
154,692,780.70
709,117.65 729,061.23 574,441.22 6,533,220.66100.70 90.45 82.72
96.174.49% 3.82% 4.00% 4.22%
220 226 248 1,8454,830,665.35 5,659,602.90 5,636,013.60
43,792,296.85
302,140.32 306,441.20 330,130.02 2,507,580.6149.34 43.74 47.54
44.786.25% 5.41% 5.86% 5.73%
13 16 8 141478,679.85 606,410.25 198,487.25
5,077,482.1673,203.85 76,787.50 26,870.75 702,688.16
202.31 154.81 119.96 164.1815.29% 12.66% 13.54% 13.84%
3 3 0 24505,345.50 576,245.00 0.00 5,026,944.3094,854.50
118,286.00 0.00 972,632.301,135.98 1,271.89 0.00 1,335.12
18.77% 20.53% 0.00% 19.35%
15 15 22 130476,955.75 522,867.00 300,064.50
4,171,713.00164,109.25 171,626.46 167,876.25 1,487,086.86
393.08 369.09 272.53 376.8619.00% 16.31% 25.73% 20.24%
5 5 0 40140,250.00 161,059.00 0.00 1,677,924.8542,635.50
33,224.00 0.00 430,661.85
306.36 214.35 0.00 354.7030.40% 20.63% 0.00% 25.67%
5,107,821.11 5,205,045.61 5,050,107.24 43,439,889.41780,118.72
740,560.34 775,592.93 4,096,491.72
6 6 6 6
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y
2010 JanuarJanuarJanuarJanuarJanuary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009y 2009
TTTTTax Yax Yax Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Dateear to Date
4,710 4,671 4,944 37,588205,749,164.27 224,334,235.47
212,603,102.26 1,711,190,418.1819,712,570.88 21,326,840.54
20,091,457.97 163,653,400.39
149.47 147.28 145.14 143.349.58% 9.51% 9.45% 9.56%
892 914 1,158 7,36050,493,840.35 61,178,206.60 69,389,915.50
469,687,391.283,153,988.00 3,683,025.20 4,027,044.57
29,061,888.54
126.28 129.99 124.20 130.006.25% 6.02% 5.80% 6.19%
960 971 1,269 8,14094,491,033.25 113,226,690.07 120,657,123.02
890,094,940.705,230,756.67 6,266,542.41 6,141,289.02
48,934,622.87
194.60 208.18 172.84 197.915.54% 5.53% 5.09% 5.50%
1,403 1,449 1,124 11,175136,126,600.95 156,004,204.93
84,637,841.74 1,164,581,919.90
6,854,672.60 7,143,381.80 4,139,607.46 55,236,982.02174.49
159.03 131.53 162.735.04% 4.58% 4.89% 4.74%
923 919 1,066 7,65364,236,943.61 73,805,191.85 71,994,908.83
568,766,481.713,915,912.80 4,465,188.24 4,248,259.39
34,800,315.61
151.52 156.73 142.33 149.706.10% 6.05% 5.90% 6.12%
82 82 43 66411,518,878.47 12,344,941.41 2,330,088.15
95,447,385.371,657,509.47 1,882,686.41 469,383.40 14,210,385.57
721.91 740.63 389.85 704.5714.39% 15.25% 20.14% 14.89%
17 17 0 1324,530,687.00 5,044,051.05 0.00 39,164,980.30
917,383.50 1,014,229.55 0.00 7,782,733.301,927.28 1,924.53 0.00
1,941.07
20.25% 20.11% 0.00% 19.87%
90 88 100 7342,536,117.40 2,829,118.76 1,831,878.75
22,153,513.271,802,036.26 2,020,775.77 1,519,349.75
16,190,391.84
715.09 740.75 542.62 726.1825.33% 26.21% 25.14% 24.98%
14 14 0 1061,891,792.56 2,106,021.00 0.00 16,046,029.33
352,470.06 430,216.50 0.00 3,600,227.33899.16 991.28 0.00
1,118.1718.63% 20.43% 0.00% 22.44%
43,597,300.24 48,232,886.42 41,183,663.81
373,470,947.478,097,049.36 8,766,101.75 7,547,169.28
54,609,085.83
18 18 18 18
CENTRAL CITY GAMING STATISTICSBLACK HAWK GAMING STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
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Cripple CreekAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 4,561 $9,224,915 $72.23
6.18%
Tables 80 $767,802 $342.77 20.10%
TOTAL 4,641 $9,992,717 $76.90 6.46%
Central CityAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 1,930 $4,733,018 $88.11
6.81%
Tables 36 $374,803 $374.05 18.82%
TOTAL 1,966 $5,107,821 $93.34 7.08%
Average daily AGP per device is calculated by dividing the total
AGP by the number of devices, further divided by the average number
of daysAverage daily AGP per device is calculated by dividing the
total AGP by the number of devices, further divided by the average
number of daysAverage daily AGP per device is calculated by
dividing the total AGP by the number of devices, further divided by
the average number of daysAverage daily AGP per device is
calculated by dividing the total AGP by the number of devices,
further divided by the average number of daysAverage daily AGP per
device is calculated by dividing the total AGP by the number of
devices, further divided by the average number of daysopen for all
establishments open in February. Hold percentage does not include
player-banked poker tables.open for all establishments open in
February. Hold percentage does not include player-banked poker
tables.open for all establishments open in February. Hold
percentage does not include player-banked poker tables.open for all
establishments open in February. Hold percentage does not include
player-banked poker tables.open for all establishments open in
February. Hold percentage does not include player-banked poker
tables.
StatewideAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 15,379 $52,825,834
$122.79 6.86%
Tables 319 $5,872,004 $658.00 17.84%
TOTAL 15,698 $58,697,839 $133.66 7.21%
Black HawkAvg. Daily
Device Number AGP AGP/Device Hold %Slots 8,888 $38,867,901
$156.18 7.05%
Tables 203 $4,729,399 $832.05 17.43%
TOTAL 9,091 $43,597,300 $171.27 7.42%
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DADADADADATES TO REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBERTES TO
REMEMBERTES TO REMEMBER
April 2 • State furlough day, Division offices closed
April 15 • March gaming tax returns due
April 15 • Gaming Commission meeting, Lakewood, 9:15 a.m.
GAMINGUPDATE
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Issue 5 MAMAMAMAMAY 2010Y 2010Y 2010Y 2010Y 2010
Commission ApprovesFiscal Year 11 Budgets
The Gaming Commission on April15 approved budget requests for
FY2011 for the Division of Gaming,$10,071,796; the Colorado
Bureauof Investigations, $833,492;Colorado State Patrol,
$2,240,597;the Division of Fire Safety,$173,255; and Dept. of
LocalAffairs, $151,516. The Commissiontabled until the May meeting
adecision on whether to fund anadditional $454,729 for
fouradditional FTE for the ColoradoState Patrol.
Final Furlough DayAll three Division of Gaming of-
fices will be closed Friday, May 28for the final of eight State
manda-tory furlough days for the currentfiscal year.
Commission ActionAt its meeting on April 15 in
Lakewood, the Gaming Commis-sion:
• Renewed the retail license ofFortune Valley Hotel and
Casino
• Renewed the manufacturer/distributor and operator licensesof
Atlantic City Coin & Slot Ser-vice Company, Inc.
• Renewed the operator li-censes of Centaur Colorado, LLC,and
Merit Cripple Creek, LLC
• Approved a change of owner-ship in Riviera Black Hawk
Ca-sino
• Issued new retail license toCC Gaming, LLC, dba Johnny
Z’sCasino, 132 Lawrence St., CentralCity
AGP Springs Forward in MarchRevenues at Colorado casinos sprang
forward in March. Casinos statewide
reported $63.2 million in AGP in March, up 4.3 percent from
$60.6 million inMarch 2009 and up 7.7 percent from $58.7 million in
February. Overall,revenues have increased 8.2 percent since the
implementation of Amendment50 in July 2009.
Black Hawk’s 20 casinos produced $46.5 million in AGP in March,
up 6.7percent from $43.6 million in March 2009 and up 6.8 percent
from $43.5 millionin February. Cripple Creek’s 15 casinos totaled
$11.1 million in AGP in March,down 4.3 percent from $11.6 million
the previous March, but up 11.5 percentfrom $9.9 million in
February. Central City’s six casinos generated $5.5 millionin AGP
in March, up 4.2 percent from $5.3 million in March 2009 and up
8.1percent from $5.1 million the previous month.
Casinos statewide paid $10.7 million in gaming tax proceeds in
March, upfrom $9.9 million in February.
At the Division of Gaming, we like to try to go about
ourbusiness quietly without much notice. That hasn’t
happenedrecently because of two events on back-to-back
weekends.
On March 26, a patron was playing a penny slot machineon a wide
area progressive at Fortune Valley Casino inCentral City when the
machine displayed a $42,949,673.84 jackpot award.Obviously that’s
not a programmed outcome on a penny slot machine, so wehave asked
our independent testing lab, GLI, to conduct a
forensicinvestigation to determine the actual award. What is so
noteworthy aboutthis incident is not so much how much was displayed
on the machine, buthow much coverage that this story received. It
quickly became a nationaland international story the following
week, with the patron appearing onseveral television interviews and
with Division Communications DirectorDon Burmania handling several
newspaper, television and radio interviews,including the BBC.
Compare that with the coverage of a $164 millionjackpot on a penny
slot machine in Black Hawk two years ago. Never heardabout that one
before this story? I didn’t think so.
Eight days later, a lone gunman allegedly robbed a Central City
casino.Three Division investigators assisted the Central City
police in identifyingthe escape vehicle and counting down the cage
to determine how muchmoney had been allegedly stolen. A Division
investigator was able topositively identify the escape vehicle in a
parking garage at a Black Hawkcasino, where a shootout between the
suspect and a Black Hawk officerensued. So much for going about our
business quietly.
—Ron Kammerzell
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM
THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
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COLORADO STATE GAMING STATISTICS CRIPPLE CREEK GAMING
STATISTICS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTS1¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTS25¢ SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG
DAILY AGPHOLD %
$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTS$1 SLOTSCOINS INAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
MULMULMULMULMULTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMTI-DENOMCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
OTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSOTHER SLOTSCOINS
INAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
BJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TBJ TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESBJ DROPAGPAVG DAILY
AGPHOLD %
CRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS TCRAPS
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESCRAPS DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
POKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER TPOKER
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESPOKER DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
ROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE TROULETTE
TABLESABLESABLESABLESABLESROULETTE DROPAGPAVG DAILY AGPHOLD %
TOTTOTTOTTOTTOTAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPAL AGPGAMING TGAMING
TGAMING TGAMING TGAMING TAXESAXESAXESAXESAXES# OF CASINOS# OF
CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS# OF CASINOS
MarMarMarMarMarch 2010ch 2010ch 2010ch 2010ch 2010
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
MarMarMarMarMarch 2009ch 2009ch 2009ch 2009ch 2009 TTTTTax Yax Yax
Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Date
7,668 7,744 7,889 69,470318,582,528.77 291,813,886.58
318,453,902.16 2,773,859,564.7229,530,159.57 27,094,988.63
29,051,067.45 257,410,468.26
124.33 125.07 118.79 122.149.27% 9.29% 9.12% 9.28%
1,809 1,896 2,192 17,30488,438,428.06 80,936,774.10
115,517,809.71 851,442,766.954,951,606.83 4,678,884.81 6,132,984.82
48,512,133.26
88.37 88.21 90.25 92.425.60% 5.78% 5.31% 5.70%
1,871 1,919 2,321 17,913160,855,580.38 140,415,872.25
192,380,322.09 1,488,327,402.68
8,027,881.53 7,375,275.39 9,757,558.41 77,608,132.86138.52
137.38 135.61 142.824.99% 5.25% 5.07% 5.21%
2,127 2,153 1,916 19,623192,226,759.86 172,434,870.83
128,861,150.52 1,705,474,737.07
9,273,739.82 8,600,959.80 6,415,514.66 80,223,638.27140.76
142.80 108.01 134.764.82% 4.99% 4.98% 4.70%
1,619 1,667 1,832 15,41193,638,716.68 84,269,852.31
101,038,574.90 862,668,117.325,387,256.29 5,075,725.49 5,886,827.44
51,594,858.09
107.43 108.84 103.66 110.365.75% 6.02% 5.83% 5.98%
126 126 75 1,19014,800,834.65 13,729,181.57 3,207,400.05
132,194,846.332,079,076.40 2,027,449.57 701,194.55
19,486,144.53
532.72 575.19 301.59 539.7814.05% 14.77% 21.86% 14.74%
28 28 0 2566,087,495.55 5,690,006.00 0.00
57,618,580.751,139,131.30 1,147,888.50 0.00 11,303,980.00
1,313.45 1,465.45 0.00 1,455.5618.71% 20.17% 0.00% 19.62%
138 138 155 1,2823,647,909.30 3,392,932.65 2,719,663.75
34,103,328.732,257,831.16 2,235,135.77 2,166,514.75
22,465,057.58
528.21 578.97 450.89 577.6422.29% 24.78% 23.04% 23.71%
26 27 0 2422,339,422.90 2,284,220.56 0.00 22,726,633.08
590,587.15 461,530.56 0.00 5,272,679.08733.34 611.04 0.00
718.2225.24% 20.21% 0.00% 23.20%
63,237,270.05 58,697,838.52 60,606,061.25
573,877,091.5310,776,164.67 9,929,386.84 10,254,952.29
73,704,657.39
39 40 40 40
MarMarMarMarMarch 2010ch 2010ch 2010ch 2010ch 2010
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
MarMarMarMarMarch 2009ch 2009ch 2009ch 2009ch 2009 TTTTTax Yax Yax
Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Date
2,017 2,068 1,960 18,25163,362,186.94 56,830,993.52
63,616,146.91 566,066,415.485,134,180.90 4,658,375.89 5,243,737.58
47,112,230.41
82.11 80.45 86.30 85.518.10% 8.20% 8.24% 8.32%
679 738 787 6,62025,052,173.00 23,257,024.00 32,563,079.33
254,657,023.861,156,138.41 1,095,803.34 1,535,570.70
12,011,326.18
54.93 53.03 62.94 60.104.61% 4.71% 4.72% 4.72%
698 734 814 6,68735,923,724.00 33,451,975.00 46,930,744.93
363,324,820.602,010,652.68 1,575,894.01 2,146,901.28
17,742,570.68
92.92 76.68 85.08 87.895.60% 4.71% 4.57% 4.88%
486 497 541 4,56921,994,161.34 20,506,004.69 20,525,768.72
215,967,437.951,130,104.24 1,037,169.55 1,139,139.38
10,309,800.01
75.01 74.53 67.92 74.755.14% 5.06% 5.55% 4.77%
482 524 554 4,77618,053,198.95 15,202,243.35 21,450,539.45
174,523,821.03
981,349.44 857,672.37 1,212,228.69 9,881,055.0265.68 58.46 70.59
68.535.44% 5.64% 5.65% 5.66%
31 31 21 2901,938,237.25 1,731,623.25 531,603.50
18,807,381.40
288,029.00 296,736.25 107,240.50 2,782,023.40299.72 341.86
164.73 317.7914.86% 17.14% 20.17% 14.79%
8 8 0 80712,115.25 653,973.50 0.00 8,051,275.85140,818.00
135,650.50 0.00 1,550,301.10
567.81 605.58 0.00 641.9419.77% 20.74% 0.00% 19.26%
33 33 37 313385,238.00 379,859.50 389,611.50
4,515,431.16233,320.76 268,990.26 253,521.50 2,763,068.48
228.08 291.12 221.03 292.4317.71% 28.33% 18.39% 21.34%
8 8 0 78214,650.65 252,178.00 0.00 2,877,906.6569,442.65
66,425.00 0.00 720,645.40
280.01 296.54 0.00 306.0532.35% 26.34% 0.00% 25.04%
11,144,036.08 9,992,717.17 11,638,339.63
104,873,020.681,230,234.96 1,052,218.76 1,326,640.57
5,453,150.13
15 16 16 16
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MarMarMarMarMarch 2010ch 2010ch 2010ch 2010ch 2010
FebruarFebruarFebruarFebruarFebruary 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010y 2010
MarMarMarMarMarch 2009ch 2009ch 2009ch 2009ch 2009 TTTTTax Yax Yax
Yax Yax Year to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to Dateear to
Date
969 966 978 8,94932,189,386.36 29,233,728.79 30,598,568.33
273,571,775.593,000,102.66 2,724,041.86 2,841,605.12
25,248,961.45
99.87 101.31 93.73 92.739.32% 9.32% 9.29% 9.23%
265 266 289 2,4598,142,149.25 7,185,909.75 10,141,611.55
71,854,246.00
446,359.84 429,093.47 566,219.76 4,089,809.9654.33 57.96 63.20
54.665.48% 5.97% 5.58% 5.69%
220 225 253 2,13315,049,923.00 12,472,864.00 18,434,329.62
125,025,708.00
525,002.78 568,624.71 735,926.54 5,438,713.2476.98 90.80 93.83
83.803.49% 4.56% 3.99% 4.35%
248 253 241 2,48619,074,674.50 15,802,265.19 15,676,247.11
173,767,455.20
804,938.26 709,117.65 583,421.92 7,338,158.92104.70 100.70 78.09
97.024.22% 4.49% 3.72% 4.22%
210 220 240 2,0556,