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Should Louisiana have a Department of Gaming?
Posted on 1/11/22 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 1/11/22 at 2:30 pm
There was a guy on WWL radio yesterday talking about mobile sports betting in LA and about how the start keeps getting delayed.
He indicated that one of the problems is that there is no central gaming agency in LA. You have the Lottery commission, the horse race commission, State Police, Attorney General, and Department of Revenue who all have some type of involvement.
His position was that the legislature should create a new Department that regulates all forms of gaming in the state, and that this would be set up by moving the employees from the various departments currently involved into a sole agency.
While this seems to make a lot of sense on the surface, any new agency set up by the state seems like something that could go very wrong. I also imagine the heads of State Police, Attorney General, etc would fight very hard to not lose budget money / employees.
With gaming taking off in the state, is this something the state should do?
He indicated that one of the problems is that there is no central gaming agency in LA. You have the Lottery commission, the horse race commission, State Police, Attorney General, and Department of Revenue who all have some type of involvement.
His position was that the legislature should create a new Department that regulates all forms of gaming in the state, and that this would be set up by moving the employees from the various departments currently involved into a sole agency.
While this seems to make a lot of sense on the surface, any new agency set up by the state seems like something that could go very wrong. I also imagine the heads of State Police, Attorney General, etc would fight very hard to not lose budget money / employees.
With gaming taking off in the state, is this something the state should do?
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Posted on 1/11/22 at 2:34 pm to LSUFanHouston
What about the Louisiana Gaming Control Board?
Posted on 1/11/22 at 2:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
Its gambling not gaming
This post was edited on 1/11/22 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 1/11/22 at 2:35 pm to BigDawg0420
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What about the Louisiana Gaming Control Board?
Is that an actual agency or just set general guidance?
Posted on 1/11/22 at 2:45 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Is that an actual agency or just set general guidance?
They're a regulatory and licensing agency that has authority over all gaming activity in Louisiana. They even have an enforcement division that's part of LA State Police. It's precisely what the guy on WWL said Louisiana doesn't have.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 2:55 pm to BigDawg0420
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They're a regulatory and licensing agency that has authority over all gaming activity in Louisiana. They even have an enforcement division that's part of LA State Police. It's precisely what the guy on WWL said Louisiana doesn't have.
That's the job shithead Ronnie Johns and his trick knee ended up with after he screwed the people of Louisiana over in the veto session.
We don't need any more government in Louisiana.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 2:58 pm to LSUFanHouston
Yeah, a new division of gamimg would give the Insurance commission a run for its money for corruption and graft.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 3:00 pm to LSUFanHouston
usually the state police end up being in charge of it, in some states
Posted on 1/11/22 at 3:03 pm to BigDawg0420
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They even have an enforcement division that's part of LA State Police. It's precisely what the guy on WWL said Louisiana doesn't have.
Gotcha. So I guess the guy was full of it.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 3:06 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Gotcha. So I guess the guy was full of it.
Pretty common for the media nowadays.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 3:23 pm to Astrosfan
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Its gambling not gaming
But gambling is illegal in Louisiana.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 3:28 pm to Astrosfan
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Its gambling not gaming
Baw gambling goes against the state constitution.
Gaming is totally ok though
Posted on 1/11/22 at 3:33 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Should Louisiana have a Department of Gaming?
I'd rather Louisiana throw darts randomly at a board filled with Departments and disband the first 5 they hit than create a new one.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 3:48 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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I'd rather Louisiana throw darts randomly at a board filled with Departments and disband the first 5 they hit than create a new one.
I laughed 
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