Louisiana gambling law changes https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/ New laws, launches, tax changes and enacted bills on gambling in Louisiana. en-us Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT HB 883 (amending the computer-wagering statute) and HB 53 (expanding the organized-crime/racketeering statute to gambling violations) take effect, codifying Louisiana's sweepstakes-casino ban directly into statute https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2026-08-01:HB 883 (amending the computer-wagering statute) and HB 53 (e Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT 2026 La. Acts (HB 883, HB 53) HB75 enacted: GAMING: Creates an enhanced promotional play pilot program relative to net slot machine proceeds (EN -$574,627 GF RV See Note) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026HB75 bill:LA2026HB75 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Becomes Act No. 963 without the Governor's signature. SB487 enacted: CHARITABLE GAMING: Provides for the Charitable Raffles, Bingo and Keno Licensing Law. (8/1/26) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026SB487 bill:LA2026SB487 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Becomes Act No. 940 without the Governor's signature. HB337 enacted: GAMING: Provides relative to charitable bingo and the issuance of special licenses https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026HB337 bill:LA2026HB337 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 796. Louisiana Department of Revenue sues VGW (Virtual Gaming Worlds) and MW Services Ltd. (WOW Vegas) in the 19th Judicial District Court for roughly $44 million combined in unpaid sales taxes, interest, and penalties on sweepstakes-coin sales https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2026-06-01:Louisiana Department of Revenue sues VGW (Virtual Gaming Wor Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT SB339 enacted: GAMING: Provides relative to criminal background checks in the gaming industry. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026SB339 bill:LA2026SB339 Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 494. SB325 enacted: GAMING: Excludes certain persons from participating in sports wagering. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026SB325 bill:LA2026SB325 Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 491. SB181 enacted: CHARITABLE GAMING: Provides an exemption for nonprofit healthcare organizations to hold and operate a license for conducting certain raffles. (8/1/26) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026SB181 bill:LA2026SB181 Fri, 29 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 472. SB477 enacted: STATE EMPLOYEE RET: Provides relative to the retirement eligibility of the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. (2/3-CA10s29.1(A)(3)) (gov sig) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE APV) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026SB477 bill:LA2026SB477 Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 269. SB294 enacted: GAMING: Provides relative to the allowable amount of promotional play offered by certain gaming operators and for deductions regarding promotional play. (7/1/26) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026SB294 bill:LA2026SB294 Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 258. HB883 enacted: GAMBLING: Provides relative to enforcement of illegal online gambling (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026HB883 bill:LA2026HB883 Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 182. HB53 enacted: GAMBLING: Adds certain gambling crimes as predicate offenses for racketeering (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2026HB53 bill:LA2026HB53 Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 48. Online sports-wagering tax rate increase to 21.5% takes effect https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2025-08-01:Online sports-wagering tax rate increase to 21.5% takes effe Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issues a formal opinion that online sweepstakes-casino platforms violate state gambling and gambling-by-computer law; Gaming Control Board sends cease-and-desist letters to roughly 40 operators https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2025-07-02:Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issues a formal opini Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT Gov. Jeff Landry signs Act 298 (H.B. 639), raising the online sports-wagering tax from 15% to 21.5% effective August 1, 2025 https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2025-06-11:Gov. Jeff Landry signs Act 298 (H.B. 639), raising the onlin Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT 2025 La. Acts No. 298 (H.B. 639) HB639 enacted: GAMING/REVENUE: Provides relative to taxation of online sports wagering and video poker and dedicates certain gaming revenues (EN +$34,700,000 SD RV See Note) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2025HB639 bill:LA2025HB639 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 298. HB547 enacted: RACING/HORSE: Authorizes fixed odds wagering on horse races (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2025HB547 bill:LA2025HB547 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 291. SB90 enacted: ELECTION OFFENSES: Prohibits betting or wagering on elections. (8/1/25) https://gamblingatlas.org/legislation/louisiana/#LA2025SB90 bill:LA2025SB90 Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 4. Gov. Jeff Landry vetoes SB 181, a dedicated sweepstakes-casino ban, saying the conduct is already illegal https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2025-06-01:Gov. Jeff Landry vetoes SB 181, a dedicated sweepstakes-casi Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT Louisiana Supreme Court affirms that Act 437 (authorizing HHR machines) is unconstitutional absent parish referenda, under the 1996 constitutional amendment governing new forms of gaming https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2025-03-14:Louisiana Supreme Court affirms that Act 437 (authorizing HH Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT Gaming Control Board order banning individual college player prop bets takes effect https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2024-08-01:Gaming Control Board order banning individual college player Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT Operators may still offer prop bets based on a team's full statistical results. Mobile/online sports wagering launches statewide in the 55 approving parishes https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2022-01-28:Mobile/online sports wagering launches statewide in the 55 a Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMT Retail sports wagering launches at licensed Louisiana casinos https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2021-10-25:Retail sports wagering launches at licensed Louisiana casino Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT Gov. John Bel Edwards signs SB 247 (regulatory framework) and SB 142 (tax/revenue distribution), effective July 1, 2021 https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2021-06-15:Gov. John Bel Edwards signs SB 247 (regulatory framework) an Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT 2021 La. Acts (SB 247, SB 142) Louisiana voters approve sports wagering in 55 of 64 parishes in a statewide referendum https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2020-11-03:Louisiana voters approve sports wagering in 55 of 64 parishe Tue, 03 Nov 2020 12:00:00 GMT Amended and Restated Casino Operating Contract takes effect, raising Harrah's New Orleans' minimum annual gaming payment to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board from $60 million to $65 million (starting April 1, 2022) and adding new flat annual payments to the State and LGCB https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2020-04-01:Amended and Restated Casino Operating Contract takes effect, Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT Voters approve daily fantasy sports in 47 of 64 parishes (about 92% of the state's population), triggering Gaming Control Board rulemaking https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2018-11-06:Voters approve daily fantasy sports in 47 of 64 parishes (ab Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:00:00 GMT Louisiana Fantasy Sports Contests Act (Act 322) takes effect https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2018-08-01:Louisiana Fantasy Sports Contests Act (Act 322) takes effect Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:00:00 GMT 2018 La. Acts No. 322 (H.B. 484) U.S. Supreme Court strikes down PASPA (Murphy v. NCAA), opening the door to state sports-wagering legalization https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:2018-05-14:U.S. Supreme Court strikes down PASPA (Murphy v. NCAA), open Mon, 14 May 2018 12:00:00 GMT Harrah's New Orleans permanent land-based casino opens to the public after an earlier 1995 temporary casino failed in bankruptcy https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:1999-10-28:Harrah's New Orleans permanent land-based casino opens to th Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:00:00 GMT Statewide video poker rollout begins at bars, restaurants, racetracks/OTBs, and truck stops https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:1992:Statewide video poker rollout begins at bars, restaurants, r Wed, 01 Jan 1992 12:00:00 GMT Legislature narrowly authorizes a single land-based casino monopoly for downtown New Orleans https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:1992:Legislature narrowly authorizes a single land-based casino m Wed, 01 Jan 1992 12:00:00 GMT Louisiana Lottery releases its first game, the Louisiana Treasures scratch-off https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:1991-09-06:Louisiana Lottery releases its first game, the Louisiana Tre Fri, 06 Sep 1991 12:00:00 GMT Louisiana Legislature authorizes up to 15 riverboat casinos and legalizes video poker machines in the same legislative session https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:1991:Louisiana Legislature authorizes up to 15 riverboat casinos Tue, 01 Jan 1991 12:00:00 GMT Louisiana Lottery Corporation Law (R.S. 47:9000) takes effect https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:1990-11-07:Louisiana Lottery Corporation Law (R.S. 47:9000) takes effec Wed, 07 Nov 1990 12:00:00 GMT Acts 1990, No. 1045, ยง1 Louisiana voters approve a constitutional amendment reinstating a state lottery https://gamblingatlas.org/states/louisiana/#timeline event:LA:1990:Louisiana voters approve a constitutional amendment reinstat Mon, 01 Jan 1990 12:00:00 GMT The enabling statute (R.S. 47:9000) was enacted as Acts 1990, No. 1045, effective November 7, 1990.