Once limited to $5 limited stakes gambling, Colorado voters raised the maximum bet in 2008 to a maximum bet of $100 on any single wager. Patron IDs are checked upon entering the casinos. Some casinos will allow your children in the dining areas and hotel areas, but as a general rule you won't be able to bring them on the gaming floor. The legal gambling age in Colorado is 21 and the casinos in Black Hawk are really strict about this. Colorado's gaming town and just over an hour drive from Breckenridge!īlack Hawk is the largest gambling town you will find in Colorado and is home to 18 casinos, some operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week.