sports betting

Louisiana residents are now able to bet on the outcomes of sports matches using websites and mobile apps in the parishes that voted to legalize sports betting, according to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.

Four more Louisiana casinos received sports betting licenses Monday, bringing the state’s total number of retail sports betting locations to eight.

Four Louisiana casinos began taking bets on the outcomes of sports matches this week, with more casinos and racetracks expected to follow suit “in days and weeks to come,” according to Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns.

Louisiana was posed to allow legal sports wagering in September, just in time for football, before Hurricane Ida made landfall.

Louisianians will not be playing daily fantasy sports or betting on games outright anytime soon, after the final chaotic minutes of the legislative…

Lawmakers worked to the bitter end of the legislative session Thursday to address the two biggest remaining issues: the state’s next budget and the future…

An effort to legalize sports betting in Louisiana came to an end in the Legislature Tuesday, after the bill was heavily amended and ultimately defeated in…

A bill to legalize betting on professional and college sports in Louisiana casinos started advancing in the Senate Tuesday.“It’s not a big money maker,…

State Senator Danny Martiny (R-Metairie) will again push the Legislature to legalize sports betting in Louisiana.Like it or not, he says, the industry is…

Before snow, ice and frigid temps effectively shut down the state, the Riverboat Gaming Task Force met to finalize their economic development…