Louisiana to finish onshore casino laws this year
Rules to move riverboat casinos onto land will be ready before the end of 2018.
US.- Ronnie Jones, head of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, revealed on Monday that new regulations that will allow riverboat casinos to move onto land will be released before the end of the year.
Jones said that three of the state’s fifteen riverboat casinos have already expressed their interest in relocating their facilities onshore. However, he said that if a casino wants to move its operations onto land, he would want the operator to make new capital improvements to the facility’s operations, as one of the key points of the new law is local economic development.
The legislation to allow the riverboat casinos to operate onshore was signed into law by Governor John Bel Edwards in May. While riverboat casinos brought the state approximately US$400 million in 2017, it is believed that the new legislation will help modernise and make the state more appealing for casino operators as there is competition from other facilities in neighbouring states.
