{"id":77396,"date":"2018-05-10T07:08:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T14:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=77396"},"modified":"2018-05-17T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T14:21:12","slug":"louisiana-legalizes-daily-fantasy-sports-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/louisiana-legalizes-daily-fantasy-sports-but-theres-a-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Legalizes Daily Fantasy Sports, But There\u2019s a Catch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Louisiana legislature has voted to legalize daily fantasy sports. The State Senate on Wednesday approved the state\u2019s DFS legislation by 21-15, following an overwhelming blessing from the House last month.<\/p>\n

\"Louisiana
: A Louisiana DFS bill has been passed by the legislature, but potential hurdles remain for a licensed DFS market. The bill requires a parish-by-parish vote on legalizing the contests and needs additional legislation next year. (Image: Louisiana Digital Media Archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But Louisiana DFS fans won\u2019t be able to play with impunity just yet. Voters must decide at a November ballot whether the competitions should become legal within their communities on a parish-by-parish basis. For parishes that vote against DFS, it will remain illegal.<\/p>\n

Representative Kirk Talbot (R-River Ridge), who sponsored the bill, said he wanted to bring legally licensed DFS to Louisiana to increase state revenues\u00a0without raising taxes, but his bill contained no guidance on how to regulate and tax the games.<\/p>\n

Under Threat in 2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

That means, once parishes have voted yay or nay, more work will be needed to draw up a framework of regulation and licensing for the contests, a task that will fall to Louisiana’s Gaming Control Board. The legislature will then vote on the framework next year.<\/p>\n

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This will all take time, and meanwhile it will be up to the future licensed operators\u2019 to monitor whether participants are playing from within an approved parish through geolocation, an onerous responsibility that will likely dissuade many operators from entering the market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Louisiana\u2019s efforts to legalize DFS in the past have been hindered by heavy lobbying from the video poker industry, which views it as a competitive threat. But lobbyist Alton Ashy recently told the Times-Picayune<\/em> that the video poker industry had taken its foot off the gas this year because it knew further legislation would need to be passed in 2019, which is when it will really put the pedal to the metal.<\/p>\n

Daily fantasy sports could very well remain a fantasy for Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Riverboats Sight Land<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, also on Wednesday, the Senate knocked back a bill that would have altered the dynamics of the state\u2019s racinos<\/a>. Currently floor space is limited to 15,000 square feet, but the bill would have imposed a cap on gambling positions \u2013 literally seats in front of slots \u2013 at 1,632 instead. Opponents said it amounted to gambling expansion.<\/p>\n

A bill that would allow the state\u2019s 15 riverboat casinos to move onto dry land<\/a>, was passed in the Senate last month and is awaiting a vote in the House. All gaming activities would have to be conducted within 1,200 of the casinos’ licensed berths.<\/p>\n

The bill would also remove a statute that requires the permanently static riverboats to have operational paddle wheels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Louisiana legislature has voted to legalize daily fantasy sports. The State Senate on Wednesday approved the state\u2019s DFS legislation by 21-15, following an overwhelming blessing from the House last month. But Louisiana DFS fans won\u2019t be able to play with impunity just yet. 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