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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0407</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2023-03-15</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2023-03-17</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000911147</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CENTURY CASINOS INC /CO/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>cnty</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001273642</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CORBACI DINAH</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ANZENGRUBERGASSE 24/25</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VIENNA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>C4</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>1050</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>AUSTRIA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-03-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1357</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1357</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1357</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of CNTY common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The restricted stock units vest on March 14, 2024. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person on March 15, 2024. Dividend equivalent rights accrue with respect to these restricted stock units when and as dividends are paid on Issuer's common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The original Form 4, filed on March 17, 2023, is being amended by this Form 4/A solely to correct an administrative error, which reflected an incorrect balance in Table II, Box 9, for the subject Restricted Stock Units. This Form 4/A corrects such balance in Table II, Box 9.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Dinah Corbaci</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-04-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
