reopened on May 18<\/a>.<\/p>\nDFS Back Again<\/h2>\n
Separately, the Louisiana Senate on Friday approved another bill, which already passed the House, that would allow residents to engage in DFS for money. Fantasy sports are permitted in the state as long as no money is at stake.<\/p>\n
Under the state’s current law, users of live money apps and sites, such as DraftKings and FanDuel, could be forced to pay fines or face imprisonment if caught.<\/p>\n
There’s speculation that the DFS bill faces an easier go of things this year. It faltered last year because a now-former state senator was upset that sports wagering legislation wasn’t accompanying it<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAssuming the new bill passes, politicians are mandating that DFS companies operating in Louisiana limit the activity to gamblers 21 years old and up, and that violators could be subject to $50,000 fines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Louisiana voters are likely getting the opportunity to decide the fate of sports betting, with the issue scheduled to appear on November ballots. But it will be 2021 at the earliest before legitimate wagers are accepted in the Pelican State. After sports betting legislation sailed through the Louisiana Senate, the House of Representatives approved a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":137268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14007,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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