<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">The 4-4 tie is essentially a victory for the Democrats, which control Colorado politics, meaning there will be no audit of the governor&rsquo;s business dealings. State Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg (R-Sterling) brought the request to the committee, reportedly sharing engrossing evidence that the governor gained from sports betting legislation he signed into law.

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Sonnenberg also alleged Polis never followed through on a 2018 campaign promise to put his personal holdings into a blind trust to avoid conflicts of interest. Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) did that when he was governor and mayor of Denver, reports The Colorado Gazette.

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Democrats dismissed Sonnenberg&rsquo;s demands for an audit as election-year posturing. They did so while pondering whether or not the audit committee can examine the governor&rsquo;s personal financial interests. No answer was provided.

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Examining Sonnenberg&rsquo;s Claims

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">In November 2019, Colorado voters approved Proposition DD, a ballot initiative to legalize sports wagering to direct revenue to the state&rsquo;s water projects.

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Because sports betting revenue is taxed, and the tax was new in Colorado, voters had the final say in the matter under the terms of the state&rsquo;s constitution. But in 2018, Polis signed a bill allowing Prop DD to be included on the November 2019 ballot.

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<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">According to media reports, Sonnenberg claimed that in advance of Polis signing that legislation, he owned shares of FanDuel. To be precise (and assuming that&rsquo;s true), the governor owned stock in Flutter Entertainment (OTC: PDYPY), which owns 95% of FanDuel. Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD) owns the other 5%.

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Citing disclosures Polis made when he was a congressman, Sonnenberg notes the governor was a Flutter investor from at least some time in 2015 through May 2019 &mdash; the month in which he approved the Prop DD legislation.

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">FanDuel &mdash; the largest online sportsbook operator in the US &mdash; contributed $250K to pro-Prop DD initiatives. Polis&rsquo; office didn&rsquo;t respond to a request for comment from Casino.org before the publication of this article.

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Interesting Optics, Timing

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Polis is facing off against Republican Holly Ganahl in his quest to win a second term, and no polls indicate that this will be a competitive race.

<p style="color: #656565; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 20px;">Across the country, however, voters&rsquo; disdain for politicians토토사이트 profiting from &ldquo;sweetheart&rdquo; deals and information the public doesn&rsquo;t have access to is the rare issue with bipartisan support.