Colorado online gambling law: sports betting only

Colorado: status at a glance

Online sports betting is the one licensed product

Among the online products, only sports betting has a Colorado license, according to industry trackers, and the status table above shows no online casino or poker program. The Colorado General Assembly's bill page names two bodies as enforcing the state's sports betting rules: the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission and the Division of Gaming. It calls the operators that take bets over the internet "internet sports betting operators."

The Division of Gaming's website and the Department of Revenue's host answered our client with a block page, so we could not read the licensed operator list there. Industry trackers report a double-digit number of online operators, which is a secondary figure; the Division's own list is the place to look for the exact current names.

What SB26-131 changed

The latest change is SB26-131, titled Sports Betting Protections, from the 2026 regular session of the General Assembly. The bill page lists the governor's signature on June 1, 2026 and an effective date of August 12, 2026, as Session Law Chapter 262. Its sponsors were Senators Matt Ball and Byron Pelton and Representatives Steven Woodrow and Dan Woog.

As enacted, the bill page lists these provisions:

1. Internet sports betting operators may not accept more than six separate deposits from one person in a gaming day.
2. Operators may not send mobile push notifications or text messages to account holders to solicit bets or deposits.
3. Operators and their marketing affiliates may not target people under 21, or advertise on media where most of the audience is reasonably expected to be under 21.
4. Operators must report data and metrics to the Division of Gaming each year, and the Division must publish a public report every three years, starting January 1, 2029.
5. Operators may not accept credit card deposits for sports bets. A violation is a class 2 misdemeanor, and the Limited Gaming Control Commission may assess a penalty of up to $25,000.

A sixth section deals with money: the yearly transfer from the sports betting fund to the water plan implementation cash fund has to be at least as large as the transfer the year before.

A discrepancy in the reporting

Trade press and the legislative fiscal note described the deposit limit as five. The bill page, which is the legislature's own record of the enacted text, says six. We follow the legislature's page. If the number matters to you, check the chaptered statute.

What else Colorado runs

The Colorado Lottery says it has been part of the state since 1983. Its about page says roughly 63 percent of sales goes to prizes, 20 to 21 percent to beneficiaries supporting the outdoors and education, and 7 to 8 percent to retailers. The page does not mention online games or sports betting, and we read nothing from the Lottery about either.

Other forms of gambling in Colorado, such as limited stakes casinos, are not described in the pages we were able to read, so they are left out here.

Online casinos, poker and sweepstakes

Colorado has no online casino or poker licensing program that appeared in our sources. The online poker states page shows where licensed poker exists. For sweepstakes casinos, industry trackers record no Colorado ban and no regulator action; we found no primary source on the question. No Colorado agency licenses them. The arguments states rely on, and why their positions differ, are set out in the guide to sweepstakes legality, and the banned states table lists the states that have acted.

Help

The national helpline is 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738). We did not read a Colorado-run helpline page, so none is listed. The responsible gambling page has more.

Frequently asked questions

Is online sports betting legal in Colorado?

Yes. The state licenses internet sports betting operators through the Division of Gaming and the Limited Gaming Control Commission, and a 2026 law added consumer limits. The sports betting states page compares states.

Can I use a credit card to fund a sports bet in Colorado?

Not on a licensed online platform from August 12, 2026. SB26-131 bars operators from accepting credit card deposits for sports bets, with a class 2 misdemeanor and penalties of up to $25,000.

Is there a limit on deposits?

The enacted bill page says an operator may not accept more than six separate deposits from one person in a gaming day.

Are online casinos legal in Colorado?

No Colorado licensing program for online casino games appears in the sources we read.