Colorado Sports Betting

Colorado sports betting is live and legal. With a few sportsbooks up and running and with 42 land-based casinos with an option to apply for a sports betting license, the Centennial State is a presumed future hotbed for online sports betting. The sportsbooks currently available in Colorado are:

Age limit: The age limit ranges from 18 to 21, depending on the type of gambling. 

• +18: lottery, pari-mutuel wagering, and charitable gaming
• +21: Casino activity (sports betting, poker & casino)

Location requirements: You need to be physically present in the state of Colorado to place online sports bets. The sports betting sites in Colorado use geo-targeting to confirm your location. 

Sports Betting in Colorado as a Resident

To gamble as a Colorado resident is easy. All you need to do is visit one of the sports betting sites listed on this page and register an account. Then, you can place sports bets from desktop, mobile, and mobile apps. 

Sports Betting in Colorado as a Non-Resident

If you are not a resident of Colorado, you can still gamble on Colorado sports betting sites as long as you are physically present in the state. 

All licensed and legal online sportsbooks in Colorado are approved and authorized by the Colorado Gaming Commission, Division of Gaming for the Department of Revenue.

When entering an online sports betting site accepting customers from Colorado, the easiest way to identify if the sportsbook is licensed or not is by following any of these steps:

Select a sportsbook from USsportsbonus – we only list licensed and legal sportsbooks.

Please scroll down to the footer of the online sports betting site and look for the Colorado Gaming Commission logo or a text where it says that the site is approved by the Colorado Gaming Commission. The logo and/or the text should also have a link to the Gaming Commission website.

Check the URL country code of the website – if the sportsbook URL ends with an example: .eu, .ag, or .lv it is not a licensed nor legal sportsbook for Colorado residents.

Sports betting apps (Android and iOS) in Colorado are available for download through the sportsbooks websites and the App Store for iPhone users. 

Betting via mobile apps is widely popular and gives you a fully-fledged betting experience in the palm of your hands. All you need to do is to make sure you are physically present within the state of Colorado and have the legal age (+21) to gamble. 

Sportsbooks will offer their betting apps in Colorado from the get-go, and most sportsbooks offer Android apps with a direct APK download from their website. However, downloading the iOS apps is more straightforward and is best done directly from the App Store.

Colorado sports gambling offers a range of sports betting apps. The first four mobile apps to accept mobile sports wagering were DraftKings, BetRivers, BetMGM, and FanDuel. Since then, several additional sportsbook operators have entered the market, including Caesars and SportsBetting.com, with both iPhone and Android apps available for download in App Store and Google Play.

Considering the population of Colorado the state has done well in establishing one team in the top league of every major US sport.

Since most betting (in order or popularity) is done on NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS these are also the teams with the most sports handle.

For being a moderately small state in terms of population (5,6 million) Colorado has a lot of casinos, 42 to be correct. The fairly low tax rate is at 10% of the gross win for sports betting, making it a lucrative state for online sports betting operations. All of the 42 casinos could potentially launch land-based and online sports betting but considering the hefty license fees and operational costs for running a competitive sportsbook it is unlikely that the smaller establishments will enter the sports betting market.

So far around +15 of the land-based casinos have applied for a sports betting license.

Legal Casino Gambling in Colorado is currently only taking place in the 42 established casinos with no option for online casino gambling available. In case any changes would apply to the current regulation for online gambling in Colorado one could expect a massive number of online casinos to be launched but for now, citizens in the Centennial State have to satisfy with Colorado Sports Betting Online.

Casinos are based out of four different locations. The Native American Tribes operate their gambling establishments in Towaoc and the State law approves casinos in Black Hawk, Cripple Creek, and Central City.