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Colorado wants to regulate sports betting even as it reaps the tax benefits

NPR | By Ben Markus,

Ayesha Rascoe

Published May 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM CDT

Colorado is struggling to regulate the booming sports gambling industry. Lawmakers want to protect the public from gambling addiction but also benefit from the industry's tax revenue.

Ben Markus

Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.