Casinos are once again in a lurch.

Located about an hour south of Colorado Springs and two hours south of Denver, Cripple Creek is a former gold mining town turned gambling resort. Historic East Bennett Avenue traverses much of the. Colorado Official State Web Portal.

1. A Colorado state gambling bill passed in 1991 that permits casinos to operate legally in three historic gold mining towns: Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek. The idea was to preserve the historic.
2. Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) blocks a shot by the Vegas Golden Knights during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Las Vegas.
3. The Colorado Constitution and Colorado law allow only certain types of 'gambling.' In addition to limited gaming in Colorado casinos, the following forms of gambling are legal: Colorado Lottery; Colorado.

In Colorado and across the nation, they’re bracing for the worst-case scenario.

Again.

That worst case is having to shut down as they did back in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Close to eight months later, casinos in Colorado are in an almost identical situation. The status in the three gaming towns and two counties could change at a moment’s notice.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will make the ultimate decision based on whether the current surge warrants shuttering casinos.

In the middle of November, CPDHE and the state instituted a new classification dial for the state’s counties.

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As David Farahi, COO of Monarch Casino and Resort and president of the Colorado Gaming Association (CGA), said to PlayColorado:

“I think it’s similar, but also very different because in March we’d never closed before. We didn’t know how long it was going to last, but there were a lot of huge questions. And today, although we don’t know what the state is going to do, I think there’s light at the end of the tunnel.”

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Here is the latest on Colorado casinos, broken down by county.

Gilpin County

Casinos in Black Hawk and Central City are open.

But under guidelines from CDPHE announced in the middle of November, the casinos are once again without table games.

Casinos there also cannot sell alcohol after 11 p.m.

As of last week, casinos must limit capacity from 50% to 25%.

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The county is currently classified as Level Orange: High risk on the COVID-19 color dial. This category falls under the “Safer At Home” category.

As of Feb. 18, casinos in Black Hawk and Central City have table table games back.

Teller County

Casinos in Cripple Creek are open.

Unlike Gilpin, the casinos in Cripple Creek have lacked table games since they were brought back in mid-September.

A few weeks ago, there was fear that casinos in Teller would again close, but they got some good news when they were allowed to remain open.

But there are restrictions, including an occupancy limit to no more than 50 people in any room or no more than 25% of a room’s maximum occupancy, whichever is less.

As of Feb. 18, Cripple Creek casinos finally have table games back.

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One of the reasons to feel optimism is the potential for the general population to get a COVID-19 vaccine by the spring or summer of 2021. So as Farahi added, there is kind of an end date out there.

“We know what it looks like to close. We know how to manage our business if, God forbid, that happens again. So we hope we won’t get closed down again. We’ve put a lot of processes in place to keep our team members and guests safe. I actually just received a note from one of our guests (on Tuesday night) that said how much they appreciated all the safety measures that we’ve put in place, and they feel very safe when they visit us. We just have to take it as it comes.”

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Colorado saw $326.9 million wagered on sports in January as gambling takes off around the United States.

More than $1.5 billion in wagers has been placed in Colorado since the state legalized sports gambling last May.

Professional basketball and professional football make up about half of all bets, though millions are placed on table tennis, ice hockey, MMA, soccer, and other sports as well.

Since the Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that states can decide for themselves whether to have legal sports gambling, 25 states plus Washington, D.C. have established legal markets.

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The momentum has picked up amid the coronavirus pandemic as many states face unprecedented budget shortfalls.

Colorado, for instance, collected $1,195,774 in taxes off January’s wagers, the state’s Department of Revenue said Friday.