Four Louisiana Casinos Roll Out Sports Betting as First Licenses Issued

Four casinos make entered Louisiana’s unfledged sports betting market since Sunday, after the say gaming hold in board issued its first commercial message sports volume licenses on Oct. 29.

Harrah’s New Orleans, L’Auberge Casino inwards Baton Rouge, Horseshoe Casino inward Bossier City, and Boomtown Casino in Harvey now get together the Paragon Casino Resort inwards Marksville in offering retail sports rule book services inwards the state.

With operations sound from Sunday, the II Caesars properties, Harrahs and the Horseshoe, wasted no more time. Their sports books opened for byplay at 7am, Sunday, local time.

The L’Auberge and Boomtown, both Penn National properties, took their number one wagers at 4pm local time on Monday.

Cajun Cannon’s Winning Bet

Former New Orleans Saints signal caller Bobby Hebert, aka the Cajun Cannon, got upward betimes on Sun to position the first bet at Harrah’s.

According to Sportshandle, Herbert plunked cut down a ceremonial $1,100 on his former squad covering a 4.5-point overspread over the best-loved Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was a winner later that day, and the $2,056 payout testament live donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank.

The Paragon began operations rear on Oct 12. As a tribal casino, it is non regulated past the gaming verify board. It simply requires sports betting to be sound elsewhere in LA to offering bets.

Delayed by Ida

Louisiana took that immerse inward June, when Gov. John the Evangelist Bel Edwards (D) signed legislation to modulate and authorize sports betting. Under the new law, the wagers will live permitted inward 55 of the state’s 64 parishes, as approved by voters during shoemaker's last November’s election.

Since then, regulators and land law make been scrutinizing certify applications. The cognitive process was delayed past the call of Hurricane Ida, because troopers were deployed for response work.

Eventually, gamblers testament live capable to position bets via drawing kiosks at near 1,000 retail locations around the state. They will also be able to wager via their nomadic phones, but only if inward the 55 parishes. That creates a legal sports betting hodgepodge crossways the state. That’s a gainsay for geolocation engineering that will submit clip to implement.

More Coming

For now, it’s strictly in-person only at the state’s casinos. There are 20 sports betting licenses usable for retail betting at casinos and racetracks. The gaming check gameboard said Mon it testament carry on to emerge licenses as land law approve applications.

John Guidroz of the American Press in Lake Charles II tweeted Monday that curb table chairman Jonnie Johns had told him ii to a greater extent licenses were in the pipeline for the Golden Nugget Lake Charles IX and the L’Auberge. They should be issued within the next calendar week or so, according to Johns.