And that some Texans might get free furniture.
The second-seeded Cougars (26-3) are set to play Syracuse, the bracket's 11th seed, Saturday night in the NCAA championship's Sweet 16.
He can thank Coloradans for taking his action. Colorado voters passed Proposition DD, which put a 10% tax on the gains of gambling to pay for the state's long-range water plan.
Proposition DD was put on the ballot by the legislature when the bipartisan House Bill 1327. It passed the General Assembly with ease, but the ballot question the next November limped across the finish line, passing narrowly.
This isn't his first rodeo in the Rockies.