Colorado Casino Revenue Rises 7.5% to $97.5 Million in Sept.

• Colorado’s 33 casinos won $97.5 million in September, up 7.5% from $90.7 million a year earlier.
• Slots won $82.7 million, up 8.1%, and tables won $14.8 million, up 4.3%, so slots supplied most of the gain.
• Gaming taxes totaled $14,019,340, up 9.0% from $12,866,898, outpacing the 7.5% rise in the proceeds being taxed.
• Fiscal-year proceeds through September are up 3.4% to $304.7 million, and taxes are up 5.6% to $34.7 million.

DENVER – Colorado casino revenue rose 7.5% to $97.5 million in September 2026, and the state’s 33 casinos paid $14.0 million in gaming taxes, up 9.0%, according to the Colorado Division of Gaming’s September 2026 statewide statistics.

Slots Supplied $6.2 Million Of The $6.8 Million Gain

The Division measures casino revenue as adjusted gross proceeds, the money players wagered minus the winnings paid out. Statewide proceeds were $97,453,057 in September, against $90,654,463 in September 2025, a gain of $6.8 million.

Slot machines won $82,663,203, up 8.1% from $76,467,449, and supplied $6.2 million of that increase, about 91%. Table games won $14,786,572, up 4.3% from $14,182,299, and added $0.6 million. Slots made up 84.8% of the month’s total.

Both Septembers ran 30 days with four Fridays, four Saturdays and four Sundays, so the gain does not come from an extra weekend. The totals cover only Colorado’s licensed casinos, one slice of legal online gambling in the United States.

Slot Hold Rose To 8.21% On 3.8% More Coin-In And Fewer Devices

Coin-in, the total wagered on slot machines, rose 3.8% to $1,007,237,323 from $970,263,155, a smaller gain than the 8.1% rise in slot proceeds. Casinos kept 8.21% of that money, against 7.88% a year earlier, by the Division’s figures.

The Division counted 10,748 devices in September, down 121 from 10,869 a year earlier, so the increase did not come from a larger floor. At last year’s hold, the added wagering would have produced about half of the $6.2 million slot gain. The rest came from casinos keeping a larger share of each dollar.

Gaming Taxes Rose 9.0% On 7.5% More Proceeds

Casinos paid $14,019,340 in gaming taxes for September, up 9.0% from $12,866,898, a gain of $1.15 million. Colorado taxes adjusted gross proceeds at accelerating rates, according to Colorado Legislative Council Staff, and each casino’s running total goes back to zero on July 1, when the state fiscal year begins.

At accelerating rates, an added dollar of proceeds is taxed at a higher rate than the average dollar, so taxes grow faster than proceeds when proceeds rise. September’s taxes equaled 14.4% of its proceeds, against 14.2% a year earlier.

Black Hawk Won $73.9 Million, Cripple Creek $17.4 Million, Central City $6.2 Million

Black Hawk won $73,888,242, Cripple Creek $17,379,661 and Central City $6,185,153, which add up to the statewide total. Colorado allows limited gaming in those three towns, and the Division’s totals cover that state-licensed segment of legal Colorado gambling.

Quarter Is Up 3.4% As September Outpaces July And August

The state fiscal year began July 1. Through September, proceeds totaled $304,705,516, up 3.4% from $294,824,354 in the same three months of last year, and taxes totaled $34,665,753, up 5.6% from $32,842,389.

September’s 7.5% gain was larger than the quarter’s, which means July and August combined rose about 1.5%. September’s total was 6.3% below August’s $104,008,048, in a month with one fewer day.