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Nearly two-thirds back Colorado gambling issue

COLORADO -- As reported by the Rocky Mountain News: "Nearly two-thirds of Colorado voters support Amendment 50, the measure aimed at expanding gambling in three former mining towns, a new poll shows.

"In the Rocky Mountain News/CBS4 poll, 64 percent of the respondents said that they would vote for the measure allowing voters of Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek to decide whether to raise maximum bets to $100, add craps and roulette and extend casinos' hours.

"'Voters apparently like that the proposal would give three-quarters of the additional gambling tax revenue to the state's community colleges and would allow residents of those three communities to have their say,' said pollster Lori Weigel.

"(Opponents) worry that the move would give casino companies an incentive to try to expand gambling further and would lead to a rise in foreclosures, bankruptcies, crime and other problems..."

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