Regular session will host big bets
Jeremy Alford
The fate of one of the state’s 15 casino licenses and the structure of sports betting in Louisiana will both be on the proverbial agenda for the regular session that convenes April 12. And while gaming advocates, lobbyists and attorneys are working overtime to carve out compromises now, the two issues could become among the hottest debated by lawmakers this year.
The matter of what to do with the license of the Bossier-based Diamond Jacks Casino was last discussed by the Legislature in 2018, when a plan to relocate the operation to Tangipahoa failed to gain traction. Now parent company Peninsula Pacific Entertainment is putting its force behind another effort to move the license to eastern St. Tammany Parish, in the Slidell area.