Players and operators may only place or accept sports wagers if the player meets listed eligibility rules, and operators are barred from accepting certain wagers and must report specified integrity-related activity.
§608. Limitations on wagering A.(1) To place a sports wager with an operator, a player shall meet all of the following: (a) Be twenty-one years of age or older. (b) Be physically located in a parish that has approved a proposition authorizing sports wagering. (c) Have a wagering account established with the operator, if the player is attempting to place the sports wager through a website or mobile application. (d) Not be prohibited from wagering with the operator by law, rule, policy of the operator, or self-exclusion, or pursuant to R.S. 27:27.1. (2) In order to accept a sports wager from a player, an operator shall confirm that the player meets all of the following criteria: (a) Is twenty-one years of age or older. (b) Is physically located in a parish that has approved a proposition authorizing sports wagering. (c) Has an existing sports wagering account with the operator, if the wager is being placed through a website or mobile application. (d) Is not prohibited from wagering with the operator by law, rule, policy of the operator, or self-exclusion, or pursuant to R.S. 27:27.1. B.(1) An operator shall not knowingly accept a wager from a person who is an athlete, coach, referee or other official, or staff of a participant or team that is participating in the sports event on which the person is attempting to place the wager. (2) An operator shall not knowingly accept a wager from a person who is the operator itself or is a director, officer, owner, or employee of the operator or any relative or other person living in the same household as a director, officer, owner, or employee of the operator. (3) An operator shall not knowingly accept a wager from a person who is a jockey; horseman as defined in R.S. 4:143, including their employees; or a racing official as defined in R.S. 4:143 who is participating in the horse racing sports event on which the person is attempting to place the wager. C. No sports wagers may be accepted or paid by any operator on any of the following: (1) On any sport or athletic event not authorized by law or the board. (2) On any sport or athletic event which the operator knows or reasonably should know are being placed by or on behalf of an athlete, coach, referee or other official, or staff of a participant or team that is participating in that event. (3) On the occurrence of injuries or penalties, or the outcome of an athlete's disciplinary rulings, or replay reviews. (4) On other types, forms, or categories of wagering prohibited by the board by rule. D. Subject to the rules of the board, an operator shall promptly report to the board on the following activities: (1) Any criminal or disciplinary proceedings commenced against the licensee or its employees, or a sports wagering platform provider or its employees, in connection with the operations of the sports book. (2) Any abnormal wagering activity or patterns that may indicate a concern about the integrity of a sports event. (3) Any other conduct with the potential to corrupt a wagering outcome of a sports event for purposes of financial gain, including but not limited to match fixing. (4) Suspicious or illegal wagering activities, including the use of funds derived from illegal activity, wagers to conceal or launder funds derived from illegal activity, use of agents to place wagers, or use of false identification. E. Every operator shall adopt procedures to obtain personally identifiable information from any individual who places an in-person single wager in an amount of ten thousand dollars or greater on a sports event. F.(1) A sports governing body may submit to the board in writing a request to restrict, limit, or exclude a certain type, form, or category of sports wagering with respect to sporting events of its body if the sports governing body believes that such type, form, or category of sports wagering with respect to sporting events of its body may undermine the integrity or perceived integrity of the body or sporting event of the body. (2) The board shall request comments from operators on any request it receives pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection. (3) After due consideration to all comments received, the board shall grant the request if the board finds a demonstration of good cause from the requestor that such type, form, or category of sports wagering is likely to undermine the integrity or perceived integrity of the body or the sporting event. (4) The board shall respond to a request concerning a particular event before the start of the event, or if it is not feasible to respond before the start of the event, no later than thirty days after the request is made. (5) If the board determines that the requestor is more likely than not to prevail in successfully demonstrating good cause for its request, the board may provisionally grant the request of the sports governing board until the board makes a final determination as to whether the requestor has demonstrated good cause. Absent such a provisional grant by the board, operators may continue to offer sports wagering on the sporting events that are the subject of such a request during the pendency of the board's consideration of the applicable request. Acts 2021, No. 440, §1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2025, No. 291, §2, eff. June 11, 2025.