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The CGA has 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
- successful in defeating legislation
over the last six years 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
- was successful in 1999 in obtaining 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
- an annual industry wage and benefits
survey prepared in cooperation with Mountain States Employers Council
- 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
- 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.
- maintains the only statewide,
confidential, voluntary program for gamblers who wish to self-exclude
themselves from Colorado casinos due to their inability to gamble
responsibly.
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