Groups funded by some of the nation’s largest sports betting companies have spent about $1.5 million in Colorado’s statehouse primaries this year, the majority of it on Democratic contests.
It’s unclear exactly why.
The state-level super PAC American Future has spent roughly $1.25 million alone on Democratic legislative primaries in Colorado. It’s funded by a federal super PAC of the same name that has received millions of dollars from the sportsbooks DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics.
On the GOP side, $250,000 in federal PAC money originating from DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics has flowed into a state group called the Colorado Conservative Leadership Fund, which is helping more mainstream Republicans beat their more hard-line GOP opponents.
