Louisiana
Statute in force
Template A: Dual currency, casino-style game, cash or cash-equivalent prize.
- Payment processors are described as reached, per press reports.
- Template A: Dual currency, casino-style game, cash or cash-equivalent prize
Records read Oct 16, 2026 · counsel review pending
The statute
HB 883 (Act 182) and HB 53
- Template A · Dual currency, casino-style game, cash or cash-equivalent prize
- Signed May 2026
- In effect from Aug 1, 2026
- Signed mid-May 2026; reports give 11 or 15 May.
- Penalty: Fine up to $100,000 and up to 5 years; racketeering up to 50 years and $1m.
- HB 883 amends R.S. 14:90.3 so that offering dual-currency games simulating gambling is gambling by computer; HB 53 makes gambling by computer a racketeering predicate.
Who it reaches
Operators, Payment processors, Affiliates and media, Platform providers
- Operators: described in a summary of the statute
- Payment processors: described in press reports
- Affiliates and media: described in press reports
- Platform providers: described in press reports
The reports say payment processors, affiliates and software providers; the statute text was not read.
Bills, enforcement and litigation
1 note
- The governor vetoed a 2025 ban saying regulators already had authority; the LGCB then issued 42 cease-and-desist letters.
No article for Louisiana yet.
About the model in general
- Sweepstakes casinos: a founder’s checklistEight questions to answer before launch, in the order the answers depend on each other — each with the statute that makes it matter and an operator’s own written answer.Apparently Law · Sep 24, 2026 · current to Sep 28, 2026Sweepstakes casinos
- Sweepstakes casinos: the full analysis for buildersHow the dual-currency model is built, what the free method of entry answers and what it does not, the seven theories states now use, where the cases stand, and the designs each state’s law leaves standing.Apparently Law · Sep 25, 2026 · current to Sep 28, 2026Sweepstakes casinosCaliforniaFloridaMaineNew York+1 more
- Sweepstakes casinos: what the statutes leave standingCalifornia’s and New York’s bans define the product in cumulative parts. What each part leaves open, what the operators have done with it, and why outside a statute is not the same as lawful.Apparently Law · Sep 23, 2026 · current to Sep 28, 2026Sweepstakes casinosCaliforniaFloridaNew YorkWashington
- casino.orgTrade or law-firm press · Aug 2026
- lines.comAffiliate or vendor site · May 2026
- casinoreports.comTrade or law-firm press · Jun 18, 2026
Information, not legal advice; a description of the sources on the dates shown, not a conclusion about any product. Sweepstakes casinos.