title: Colorado — Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/colorado/licensing/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Colorado](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/colorado/) Licensing and regulation Colorado · Question 02 of 11 # Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence? Mixed · Confirmed · AI-generated · [Back to full Colorado report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/colorado/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Colorado (US-CO) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Mixed | | Confidence | Confirmed | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer SB26-163 repeals the Colorado Racing Commission and Division of Racing Events, transferring their statutory authorities to the Limited Gaming Control Commission and Division of Gaming, and expands Commission membership by two seats. This is a durable statutory consolidation of the regulatory archite… ## Full section analysis SB26-163 repeals the Colorado Racing Commission and Division of Racing Events, transferring their statutory authorities to the Limited Gaming Control Commission and Division of Gaming, and expands Commission membership by two seats. This is a durable statutory consolidation of the regulatory architecture: it does not create new licence categories or alter who must be licensed, but it does concentrate oversight of racing and limited gaming under a single regulator and commission structure. The consolidation reduces fragmentation between what were previously two separate oversight bodies and gives the Division of Gaming a broader institutional footprint from which to supervise both traditional limited-gaming licensees and the newer sports-betting sector. No change to core licence types or the statutory gambling test was identified this cycle.