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These are high times indeed for the state of Colorado and state lawmakers who will rake in $2 million in taxes across the first month from videogame and console sales. Over the first month, Colorado saw over $14 million worth of legal games sold.

Gaming tourism and Colorado residents have cozied up to the new law like it was a bag of Doritos after an all night gaming sesh. That is excellent news for Colorado, lawmakers and other states who are looking to follow suit as well as the federal government.

What isn’t calculated is the amount Colorado has saved in prosecuting individuals for possession of videogames or the man hours and money saved by police officers who no longer have to treat possession as a major offense or sales of Mountain Dew Code Red.

With so many cities and states facing the fiscal crunch and some, like Detroit, filing for bankruptcy, it would make a lot of sense to legalize videogaming and turn it into an asset rather than a detriment. It won’t solve every problem these states face but it could free up tens upon tens of millions of dollars.

Taxes aren’t the only positive to take away from this. There is also the possibility that young men and women won’t have criminal offenses on their record, possibly prohibiting entry into colleges, the military, or from getting jobs. This could allow for thousands of young men and women to be free from fighting the stigma of criminal possession of a Ps4 or Wii U and allow for them to have a freer path to their future rather than being punished for life in one form or another for what might have been a dumb mistake of playing an Xbox One.

There are more positives with the legalization of gaming than negatives. More states will likely see measures on future ballots as people begin moving away from the stigma of videogames.