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Against this backdrop, DraftKings and FanDuel have contributed more than half the $975,500 Louisiana Wins is using to promote sports betting, according to The Advocate<\/em>. By the Oct. 5 campaign finance reporting period, the two national sports-betting companies had contributed $250,000 each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nMills said these contributions are an effort to lure Louisiana into sports betting by \u201cout of state operators who specialize in online gambling.”<\/p>\n
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Two years ago, 47 of 64 Louisiana parishes voted to approve participation in daily fantasy sports. In that election, DraftKings and FanDuel donated most of the $1 million that supporters raised, according to The Advocate<\/em>.<\/p>\nSports-betting proponents believe the vote could be similar this time around.<\/p>\n
Even in those parishes that approve sport betting on Tuesday, the Legislature will need to vote on how to tax and regulate the sports-betting industry. This process, which does not require a public vote, is expected to take place in 2021 or later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Battle lines are drawn in the vote on Tuesday to allow sports betting in Louisiana. The parish-by-parish vote lets residents decide whether they want sports wagering in their own parish. In Louisiana, counties are called parishes. The Bayou State has 64 parishes.\u00a0 \u00a0 One one side of the Election Day vote are proponents who say […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":154006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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