Colorado Is Flooded With Sports-Betting Commercials, and People Aren’t Happy – Westword

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"I thought that there was going to be at least some type of slowdown," admits Alec Garnett, the Democratic Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives who championed sports-betting legalization in this state. "We havent really seen that, and I have seen a big uptick in the number of complaints from the public that weve been having about the amount of sportsbook advertising."

And in their comments on the Westword Facebook page, readers make it clear that all bets are off when it comes to those commercials. SaysScott:

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Colorado Is Flooded With Sports-Betting Commercials, and People Aren't Happy - Westword