Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING
Part VI - Sports Wagering
Chapter 5 - Rules; Operations
Section VI-523 - Sports Wagers

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code VI-523

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 3, March 20, 2025

A. An operator shall not accept any sports wager on a sports event unless it has received approval from the board to conduct that type or category of sports wager. The chairman has the authority to approve, reject, and unapprove categories and types of sports wagers on behalf of the board. A type of sports wager refers to the method of determining the outcome of the sports wager. The category refers to the kind of event being wagered on. For all particular categories or sports wager types approved by the Act or these regulations or later approved by the board for its first use may be used on multiple events by all operators without further approval.

1. If an operator would like to offer a new category of sports event, it must submit the request to the board on the approved form at least seven days in advance of the proposed date of accepting sports wagers on such a category. The request shall include a full description of the sports event and the manner which sports wagers would be placed and winning wagers would be determined; a full description of any technology which would be utilized to offer the sports event; information or documentation that demonstrates that the sports event meets the requirements of Subsection B of this Section and any other information requested by the board or division.

2. If an operator accepts a sports wager on an unapproved sports event, the operator shall void and refund all sports wagers associated with that sports event. If any sports wagers for unapproved sports events cannot be refunded in full, the operator shall immediately provide the board with a report detailing such sports wagers and the reasons therefore.

3. The board and division maintain the right to disapprove of the source of data for any reason including, but not limited to, the type of sports wager and method of data collection.

B. Sports Wagers; Restrictions

1. Operators shall only offer and accept sports wagers in accordance with the Act and these regulations and on sports events where:
a. the outcome of the event can be verified, and the operator shall disclose the source of verification;

b. the event would be effectively supervised;

c. there are integrity safeguards in place;

d. the outcome can be generated by a reliable and independent process;

e. the outcome of the event is unlikely to be affected by any sports wager placed; and

f. the outcome is conducted in conformity with all applicable federal and state laws, the Act, these regulations, and internal controls.

2. Sports wagers shall only be made through a player's sports wagering account, cash, cash equivalents, or promotional play.

3. Operators shall adopt procedures to obtain personally identifiable information from any person who places any single sports wager in an amount of $10,000 or greater on a sports event. Subsequent to accepting a sports wager in excess of $10,000 or making a payout in excess of $10,000 on a winning sports wager, the Operator shall record or maintain records that include: the date and time of the sports wager or payout; the amount of the sports wager or payout; the player's legal name; the ticket number or other identifying number for the sports wager or payout; and the name and signature of the employees accepting or approving the sports wager or payout on the sports wager.

4. Operators shall not knowingly allow, and shall take reasonable steps to prevent, the circumvention of reporting requirements through a player making a structured sports wager, including multiple sports wagers or a series of sports wagers that are designed to accomplish indirectly that which could not be accomplished directly. A sports wager or wagers need not exceed the dollar thresholds at any single operator in any single day in order to constitute prohibited structuring. No operator shall encourage or instruct the player to structure or attempt to structure sports wagers. This Section does not prohibit an operator from informing a player of the regulatory requirements imposed upon the operator, including the definition of structured sports wagers. An operator shall not knowingly assist a player in structuring or attempting to structure sports wagers.

5. Operators shall prohibit an employee who is serving alcoholic beverages to customers from taking sports wagers during the same work shift. Operators shall take reasonable steps to prevent an intoxicated or impaired person from placing a sports wager.

6. Available sports wagers shall be displayed in a manner visible to the public and the operator's closed circuit television system. The display shall include the event date/time; event participants; the odds; and a brief description of the event.

C. Categories

1. The board shall maintain a list of approved categories for which an operator may accept a sports wager.

D. Types

1. The board shall maintain a list of approved types of sports wagers that an operator may accept.

2. Parlay Bets
a. Each operator that offers to accept parlay card wagers shall fully, accurately, and unambiguously disclose on all parlay card wagering forms:
i. the amounts to be paid to winners or the method by which such amounts are to be determined and, if the operator limits payouts to an aggregate amount under Subsection B of this Section, the aggregate amount and the establishments to which it applies;

ii. the effect of ties;

iii. the minimum and maximum betting limits, if any;

iv. the procedure for claiming winnings, including but not limited to the documentation players must present to claim winnings, time limits, if any, for claiming winnings, whether winnings may be claimed and paid by mail and, if so, the procedure for claiming winnings by mail;

v. the effects of a sports event wagered on not being played on the date specified and of other events that will cause selections to be invalid;

vi. the rights, if any, reserved by the operator, including but not limited to reservation of the right to refuse any wager or delete or limit any selection prior to the acceptance of a wager, or to withhold payouts of specified amounts until the outcome of each proposition offered by the parlay card has been determined;

vii. the requirement that the point spreads printed on the parlay card wagering form when the wager is accepted will be used to determine the outcomes of the wagers; and

viii. that the operator's comprehensive rules apply to parlay cards unless otherwise stated on the parlay card wagering form.

b. As used in this Subsection, parlay card means a sports wagering form offering exactly the same propositions on exactly the same terms.
i. An operator may limit the aggregate amount to be paid to winners on a parlay card in proportion to the amounts won, provided that the aggregate limit must not be less than the amount disclosed on the parlay card (the "base amount") plus twice the amount wagered on the parlay card at all establishments to which the aggregate limit applies.

ii. When an operator knows or reasonably should know that actual payouts on a parlay card will be limited by an aggregate amount, the operator shall cease accepting sports wagers and making payouts on the parlay card. After the outcome of the final game, match, or event covered by the parlay card has been determined, the operator shall pay each winner at least that proportion of the payout amount stated on the parlay card that the aggregate limit bears to total payouts (including payouts made prior to the suspension of payouts) that would otherwise have been made but for the limit.

iii. When an operator ceases accepting sports wagers and making payouts on a parlay card, the operator may accept wagers on the parlay card on those propositions whose outcomes have not been determined if the parlay card, patron receipts, and related documentation are distinguishable from the card, receipts, and documentation as to which the book has ceased accepting wagers, in which case the parlay card shall be considered a different parlay card for purposes of this Subsection.

iv. If an operator pays the winner of a parlay card wager more than 10 percent of the base amount established before the outcome of every proposition offered by the parlay card has been determined, the operator must pay every winner of a wager on that parlay card the proper payout amount stated on the parlay card in full and without regard to any aggregate limit established.

v. In specific cases the board may waive or impose requirements more restrictive than the requirements of this Subsection.

c. Prior to adopting or amending parlay card rules, a book shall submit such rules to the chairman for approval.

3. Proposition Bets
a. No sports wagers may be accepted or paid by an operator on the occurrence of injuries or penalties or the outcome of an athlete's disciplinary rulings, or replay reviews.

E. Tickets

1. Upon placing a sports wager, the player shall receive an unalterable virtual or printed wager record (ticket) which shall contain the information required in these regulations and, specifically, §901 of this Part.

2. Any sports wager placed with a sports wagering mechanism shall be evidenced by a ticket indicating: the information required in R.S. 27:609(B)(4)(a); the name of the licensee if different than the operator; and a statement that the patron must redeem the ticket at the establishment of the licensee that booked the wager within 180 days of the date of the event, that the failure to present a winning ticket within such time shall constitute a waiver of the right to the payment, and that the holder of the ticket shall thereafter have no right to enforce payment of the ticket.

F. Canceled Wagers

1. The operator's comprehensive rules shall clearly state what is to occur when a sports event is canceled or the subject of the bet ceases to exist. Any such cancelations of a sports wager shall be made available to the division.

2. Canceled wagers may only be made at the system level and in accordance with the requirements of this Subsection and these regulations.

3. All canceled wagers shall be refunded to the player as soon as practical and deducted from the adjusted gross sports wagering revenue if already included.

G. Voided Wagers

1. A sports wager is deemed void if the player is a prohibited person or located in a prohibited parish at the time the sports wager was made. An operator shall void sports wagers made by prohibited persons or a persons located in a prohibited parish immediately upon becoming aware or when the operator should have become aware the player is a prohibited person or located in a prohibited parish. The operator shall follow the Act and these regulations for the handling of any monies.

2. A sports wager is deemed void if the subject of the wager was not approved by the board prior to accepting the wager.

3. An operator may void a sports wager if the operator has reasonable basis to believe there was obvious error in the placement or acceptance of the sports wager. Errors include, but are not limited to the sports wager was placed with incorrect odds; human error in the placement of the sports wager; the ticket does not correctly reflect the sports wager; or equipment failure rendering a ticket unreadable. Wagers voided in this case must be approved by a supervisor or higher, pursuant to the internal controls or house rules.

4. Licensees and operators shall include procedures and conditions on which they will void wagers in their internal controls.

5. All voided wagers shall be refunded to the player and deducted from the adjusted gross sports wagering revenue if previously included. However, should a player self-exclude after placing a wager, the player shall not be entitled to a refund or any winnings; the monies shall be handled in accordance with internal controls.

6. No wagers shall be rescinded except in compliance with the Act, these regulations, internal controls, and house rules.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 27:15 and 24.

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