colorado skill games & entertainment association
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Businesswoman fighting arcade bill arrested on gambling charges
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DENVER – After doing an interview with a TV station at the Capitol Tuesday afternoon, Tammy Garamova returned to one of the arcades she operates and was arrested in the parking lot by Denver police. Two other people were also taken into custody on “multiple gambling charges,” said Denver police spokesman Doug Schepman. Officers served…
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Colorado House says ‘game over’ to arcades offering cash prizes
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DENVER – A bill that would effectively ban arcades that pay out cash prizes passed the Colorado House on a strong 47-14 vote Monday. House Bill 1234 would define simulated gambling devices to include the pay-for-play games. That puts in peril the small businesses that offer the games, but opponents say they’re skirting the laws…
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Bill to outlaw arcades with cash prizes passes committee 12-0
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An intense discussion of legal interpretation, voter intent and the state constitution by high-priced, well-known lawyers boiled down to a simple question Thursday: Do lawmakers think arcades that offer cash prizes constitute gambling? The answer was yes. House Bill 1234 passed the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee 12-0. The legislation fills in legal gaps left…
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Arcade fight continues in Colorado, as lawmakers eye do-over on 2015 gambling law
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Colorado Politics has been telling you for months a fight over quarters and skills is brewing in a triangle of small-time arcade operators, corporate chains and cops working under a vague state law served up by the legislature three years ago. It appears lawmakers will get involved again this year. Colorado Politics has seen a…
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Arcade trade group says Colorado cops treat small arcades differently than chains
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The Colorado Skill Games & Entertainment Association, a trade group for the arcade industry, is keeping the public relations heat on law enforcement over Front Range raids at seven small businesses last summer, where authorities alleged games were gambling devices. Through open-records requests, the association says it found disparities in how the law is carried…
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Arcades making racket about gambling raids in Colorado
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Arcades smell a rat. That’s why the Colorado Skill Games & Entertainment Association filed an open-records request against the cops. The trade group wants to see what law enforcement has been saying in its work communications about recent raids. “Over the past several months, seven different skill games and arcade entertainment centers have been raided,…
