{"id":154662,"date":"2020-11-06T14:42:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T22:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=154662"},"modified":"2020-11-06T16:49:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T00:49:07","slug":"sports-betting-in-louisiana-unlikely-before-2022-gaming-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sports-betting-in-louisiana-unlikely-before-2022-gaming-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Betting in Louisiana Unlikely Before 2022: Gaming Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Even with sports wagering legal now in most Louisiana parishes, no one will be allowed to place a bet for a year or more, says a top gaming regulator.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154663\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-154663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sportsbook-142x106.jpeg\" alt=\"Sportsbook\" width=\"1200\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sportsbook-142x106.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sportsbook-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sportsbook.jpeg 818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-154663\"class=\"text-description\">Sportsbook customers watch the action on large screens in this file photo. Casinos in Louisiana are planning to build sportsbooks now that wagering is legal in the Bayou State. (Image: <em>Business Insider<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Michael D. Noel, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board chairman, told <em>WBRZ-TV <\/em>that legal sports betting probably will not take place in the state before 2022. The first step is for lawmakers to decide this spring how to roll out legal sports wagering, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;It&#8217;s just the way the process works,\u201d Noel said. \u201cThe Legislature has to lay out the framework, and then the rule-making process is a four-to-six-month process. Once that happens, the entities that want to participate will have to apply and get licensed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\">In a parish-by-parish vote this year, Louisiana residents in 55 of 64 parishes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/lopsided-vote-totals-put-sports-betting-in-most-louisiana-parishes\/\">approved sports betting<\/a> within the boundaries of their parish. In the Bayou State, counties are called parishes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Even without legal betting in the immediate future, casinos are getting ready. L\u2019Auberge Casino and Hotel in Baton Rouge already is planning to construct a sportsbook. Penn National Gaming, which owns L\u2019Auberge in the capital city, has four other properties in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kim Ginn, general manager of L\u2019Auberge in Baton Rouge, told the television station the resort views a sportsbook as a place where customers can \u201ccome, place their wagers, watch games, enjoy some food, and relax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe would build out a whole new section for that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, she acknowledged the governmental process will take time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt&#8217;ll go in the legislative session starting in April,\u201d she said. \u201cOnce it&#8217;s made into law, then rules have to be made by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, which controls us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Widespread Support<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The sports-betting measure passed by wide margins in the large parishes where Louisiana\u2019s major cities are located. These cities include New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles in the southern part of the state, and Shreveport in the northwestern corner. All are home to hotel-casinos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Most of the nine parishes that voted against the ballot measure are in north-central Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lake Charles is in Calcasieu Parish, which extends to the Texas border in southwestern Louisiana. Proponents saw sports betting as a potential boost to the four casinos in the area. The Lake Charles-area casinos were damaged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/louisiana-casinos-reopen-after-two-destructive-hurricanes-rake-the-region\/\">in two deadly hurricanes<\/a> that recently clobbered the region only six weeks apart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In Calcasieu Parish, 61 percent of voters supported the sports betting measure.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Sports Betting\u2019s Popularity<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Louisiana is one of three states that approved sports wagering on Election Day this year. The other two are Maryland and South Dakota.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Sports betting is operational in 19 states and the District of Columbia. This number will go up to 22 when Louisiana, Maryland, and South Dakota begin accepting bets. Sports wagering also is legal but not yet in operation in three additional states. These are Virginia, North Carolina, and Washington.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jim Cramer, host of CNBC\u2019s <em>Mad Money<\/em>, said on the show this week that sports wagering is \u201ctaking the country by storm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSports betting has gone mainstream,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">A 2018 ruling by the US Supreme Court gave states the ability to make their own decisions on sports betting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with sports wagering legal now in most Louisiana parishes, no one will be allowed to place a bet for a year or more, says a top gaming regulator. Michael D. Noel, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board chairman, told WBRZ-TV that legal sports betting probably will not take place in the state before 2022. 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