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Dec. 29, 2025: Colorado’s bet on gambling and the impact on addiction; A doctor’s journey with cancer

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Casinos Reopen In Black Hawk And Central City
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Slot machines in the Monarch Casino. Casinos reopened in Black Hawk and Central City on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.

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The expansion of gambling in Colorado means added temptations for problem gamblers. It’s led the state to invest millions of dollars to treat gambling addictions. We look at the changes to gambling in Colorado and talk with a therapist and a Denver man in recovery. Then, he dedicated his career to treating patients with lung cancer and never expected that one day, he too would be diagnosed with the same disease. Dr. Ross Camidge shared his story with Andrea in October.