PlayColorado is your local resource for information about all legal Colorado gambling and sports betting. Below, you can find out who we are, why we do what we do, and most importantly, how you can reach out to us with any of your questions.
The PlayColorado mission
The goal of our site is to provide Coloradans with a combination of unbiased news coverage, educational resources, and information about the top sportsbooks and bonus offers legally available in the Centennial State. We aim to provide you with the information you need to make you a safer and smarter gambler.
Contact Us
Catena Media US, Inc.: 8565 S. Eastern Avenue, Ste 150, Las Vegas, NV 89123
The people behind PlayColorado
All of the content that you see on PlayColorado is written, edited, and reviewed to the highest professional standards. We do not accept guest submissions or publish user-generated content on the site. Every word is the product of hours of research, and the years of experience each of our team members brings to the table. In other words, every bit of information you read on PlayColorado comes from highly skilled professionals who write about gambling for a living. Here are the people who create the high-quality work you see on PlayColorado:
Contributing Writer: Cole Rush
Cole Rush has been writing about gambling for ten years. He worked in Corporate Communications and Marketing roles at a major gambling supplier for six years, then went freelance in 2020 following a pandemic-spurred layoff and never looked back. Cole writes for many Catena Media publications including Gaming Today, PlayUSA, PlayIllinois and PlayColorado.
Cole graduated from the University of Iowa in 2014 with a degree in creative writing.
Contributing Writer: Phil West
Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and the author of two books on soccer, ‘The United States of Soccer,’ and ‘I Believe That We Will Win,’ both from The Overlook Press. His work has appeared most recently in The Striker (where he served as managing editor), MLSSoccer.com, Next City, Austin Monthly, and Texas Highways. Based in Austin, he is also a lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Contributing Writer: T.J. McBride
T.J. McBride is a Denver-based NBA and Denver Nuggets reporter who brings his in-depth professional basketball expertise to PlayColorado via his weekly Betting Nuggets columns. He is a Southern California native with nearly eight years of experience covering the NBA.
Contributing Writer: Hill Kerby
Hill Kerby is a proponent of safe, legal betting and is grateful to be able to contribute to growing the industry. He has a background in poker, sports, and psychology, all of which he incorporates into his writing.
Former PlayColorado Managing Editor & Content Manager
Ian St. Clair has contributed to and managed sites covering some of the biggest gambling markets in the US, including New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Colorado. A University of Northern Colorado graduate, Ian has extensive experience covering the legal gambling market. He also has over a decade of journalism experience covering college and professional athletics.
Former Managing Editor: Jason Jarrett
Jason Jarrett is a former managing editor for emerging market sites at Catena. He has more than 25 years of journalism experience, spending nearly 10 years as a senior editor at the Austin American-Statesman.
Who we are
PlayColorado is part of the Catena Media network. Catena Media owns and operates dozens of sites across the US, all of which cover the legal gambling industry in every state in the country. Every gambling site that we discuss is a legal and regulated entity in its respective state. In other words, at PlayColorado, we will never name nor review any gambling outlet that is anything short of a fully licensed company in the State of Colorado.
According to state law, a Vendor Major License is required for any person and/or entity who acts on behalf of an establishment licensed to operate sports betting and also provides products, services, information, or assets to an establishment licensed to operate sports betting gaming and/or receives, therefore, a percentage of gaming revenue from the establishment’s sports betting gaming system.
PlayColorado is an affiliate news site. While you may find advertisements for legal CO gambling sites, the companies behind the ads do not have a say in our editorial content. Each of these advertisements is the result of our affiliate partnerships with these companies. We do not accept paid advertising offers of any kind.
How we work
We understand that there are many different choices when it comes to information on the internet; especially in Colorado with legal online sports betting. Not everything you read is trustworthy. Which is why we go through several different steps and procedures to ensure that you can trust what you read on PlayColorado.
First of all, we get our information from as close to the source as we can. If we discuss the law, we cite the text of the law as published by the state government. If we discuss bills in the State Legislature, we speak to their authors. Any statistics you see are usually drawn directly from the Division of Gaming reports. PlayColorado does not report on gossip or secondhand information — period.
Work with us
Catena Media is growing by leaps and bounds! If you would like to be a part of an organization dedicated to covering all aspects of the legal gambling industry in the US, be it in Colorado or elsewhere, we’d love to hear from you. We are always looking for writers and journalists who have a passion for gaming and want to dive into this growing business. Visit the careers section of the Catena Media website to see what roles we’re trying to fill, or email us and let us know how we can help each other.