{"id":190910,"date":"2021-11-02T14:49:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=190910"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:21:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:21:48","slug":"four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Louisiana Casinos Roll Out Sports Betting as First Licenses Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four casinos have entered Louisiana\u2019s fledgling sports betting market since Sunday, after the state gaming control board issued its first commercial sports book licenses on Oct. 29.<\/p>\n

\"Louisiana
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert, aka the Cajun Cannon, brandishes his betting ticket at Harrah\u2019s New Orleans on Sunday morning. (Image: Davin Grunfield\/NOLA.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harrah\u2019s New Orleans, L\u2019Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge, Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City, and Boomtown Casino in Harvey now join the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville in offering retail sports book services in the state.<\/p>\n

With operations legal from Sunday, the two Caesars<\/a> properties, Harrahs and the Horseshoe, wasted no time. Their sports books opened for business at 7am, Sunday, local time.<\/p>\n

The L\u2019Auberge and Boomtown, both Penn National properties, took their first wagers at 4pm local time on Monday.<\/p>\n

Cajun Cannon\u2019s Winning Bet<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert, aka the Cajun Cannon, got up early on Sunday to place the first bet at Harrah\u2019s.<\/p>\n

According to Sportshandle<\/em>, Herbert plunked down a ceremonial $1,100 on his former team covering a 4.5-point spread over the favored Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was a winner later that day, and the $2,056 payout will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.<\/p>\n

The Paragon began operations back on October 12. As a tribal casino, it is not regulated by the gaming control board. It merely requires sports betting to be legal elsewhere in Louisiana to offer bets.<\/p>\n

Delayed by Ida<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Louisiana took that plunge in June, when Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed legislation<\/a> to regulate and authorize sports betting. Under the new law, the wagers will be permitted in 55 of the state\u2019s 64 parishes, as approved by voters during last November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

Since then, regulators and state police have been scrutinizing license applications. The process was delayed by the visit of Hurricane Ida, because troopers were deployed for response work.<\/p>\n

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Eventually, gamblers will be able to place bets via lottery kiosks at about 1,000 retail locations around the state. They will also be able to wager via their mobile phones, but only in the 55 parishes. That creates a legal sports betting hodgepodge across the state. That\u2019s a challenge for geolocation technology that will take time to implement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More Coming <\/strong><\/h2>\n

For now, it\u2019s strictly in-person only at the state\u2019s casinos. There are 20 sports betting<\/a> licenses available for retail betting at casinos<\/a> and racetracks. The gaming control board said Monday it will continue to issue licenses as state police approve applications.<\/p>\n

John Guidroz of the American Press in Lake Charles tweeted Monday that control board chairman Jonnie Johns had told him two more licenses were in the pipeline for the Golden Nugget Lake Charles and the L\u2019Auberge. They should be issued within the next week or so, according to Johns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Harrah\u2019s New Orleans, L\u2019Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge, Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City, and Boomtown Casino in Harvey now join the Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville in offering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":190911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFour Louisiana Casinos Roll Out Sports Betting as First Licenses Issued<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Harrah\u2019s New Orleans, L\u2019Auberge Casino, Horseshoe Casino, and Boomtown Casino in launch sports betting in Louisiana Sunday, Monday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Louisiana Casinos Roll Out Sports Betting as First Licenses Issued\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Harrah\u2019s New Orleans, L\u2019Auberge Casino, Horseshoe Casino, and Boomtown Casino in launch sports betting in Louisiana Sunday, Monday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-02T21:49:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-02T16:21:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/cajun.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/\",\"name\":\"Four Louisiana Casinos Roll Out Sports Betting as First Licenses Issued\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/cajun.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-02T21:49:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-02T16:21:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Harrah\u2019s New Orleans, L\u2019Auberge Casino, Horseshoe Casino, and Boomtown Casino in launch sports betting in Louisiana Sunday, Monday.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/four-louisiana-casinos-roll-out-sports-betting-as-first-licenses-issued\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/cajun.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/cajun.jpg\",\"width\":1020,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert, aka the Cajun Cannon brandishes his betting ticket at Harrah\u2019s New Orleans on Sunday morning. 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