Louisiana Casino
Louisiana Department of Revenue : Frequently Asked Questions
I am a resident of Texas and won money at a Louisiana Casino and they held out Louisiana taxes. Do I get back all that was held out? ... [Read More]
Overview - Louisiana Drug Threat Assessment
Louisiana's popularity as a tourist, convention, and party destination contributes to drug abuse and distribution. Large numbers of recreation seekers travel to and from New Orleans providing relative anonymity to drug distributors as well as providing a lucrative market for drugs. According to Louisiana's Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, in 2000 visitation to the state was at an all-time high and is continuing to increase. In 2000 more than six million people attended Mardi Gras festivities, pumping a record $1.06 billion into the local economy. Louisiana's burgeoning casino gaming industry contributes to drug abuse, distribution, and money laundering activities in the state. The 1999 Gambling Impact and Behavior Study reported that gambling behavior was significantly associated with multiple drug and alcohol use. The study indicated pathological gamblers were nine times more likely than nongamblers to have been alcohol or drug dependent in their lifetime. The casinos h ... [Read More]
Program E: Gaming
Land-based Casino: The Gaming Program provides legal advice and representation to the Louisiana Gaming Control Board and the Louisiana State Police (LSP) in all areas of gaming regulation, including licensing, enforcement, and rulemaking as well as prosecuting administrative actions, including denials of applications, suspensions, revocations, and civil penalties. The Gaming Program assists in the review of files and applications; represents the board and the LSP in judicial appeals of administrative actions; and defends the board and the LSP in other civil litigation related to gaming. The program also assists in the negotiation and redrafting of a new casino operating agreement with the casino gaming operator. ... [Read More]
Louisiana Racing Commission
The first Racino built from the ground up in Louisiana, Evangeline Downs Race Track & Casino, will hold its Grand Opening, February 5, 2005. The race track’s grand opening will consist of the Mardi Gras Quarter Horse Futurity Trails. ... [Read More]
2004 - 2008 State & Local Government - Chapter 2 - Part X
Casino Operating Contract : The Louisiana Gaming Control Board is authorized to enter into a casino operating contract with a casino operator to conduct casino gaming operations at the official gaming establishment, to be located on the site of the Rivergate Convention Center in Orleans Parish. The term of the contract and any option to extend or renew may not exceed a total of twenty years primary term and one ten-year renewal option. ... Land-Based Casino ... [Read More]
Politics and Gambling
As a result of the scandals, binding referendums on continuing gaming were placed on each of the 64 parish ballots. Each parish had the option of banning the gaming that was currently legal within the parish. In 30 of the parishes video poker was banned. The most important elections were on the continuation of river-based and land-based casinos. These all passed in the parishes that had casinos. In Orleans parish, the home of the land-based casino, two-thirds of the voters favored maintaining the casino. ... [Read More]
About David
Prior to his service in Congress, Vitter served seven and one-half years in the Louisiana House of Representatives. During that tenure he repealed the state inheritance tax, passed legislative term limits, passed numerous anticrime measures and filed successful ethics actions to end abuses of the Tulane Legislative Scholarship Program and block illegal riverboat casino deals promoted by then-Governor Edwin Edwards. For his efforts, Vitter was honored as “Legislator of the Year” by the Alliance for Good Government and “Outstanding Legislator” by Victims and Citizens Against Crime, from which he also received a lifetime achievement award. ... [Read More]
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