RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
SB 77 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Smith
Prior law provided relative to the Louisiana Fantasy Sports Contests Act.
Prior law provided definitions.
New law adds definition of "participation" or "participate" as meaning to pay an entry fee to
a fantasy sports contest operator.
Prior law provided for the prohibition in certain parishes of fantasy sports contests. New law
provides for the prohibition in certain parishes of participation in fantasy sports contests.
Prior law provided certain licensee requirements for fantasy sports contest operators,
including that as a condition of licensure, a fantasy sports contest operator shall submit
evidence to the board that the operator has established and will implement commercially
reasonable procedures for fantasy sports contests with an entry fee and (1) provide that no
winning outcome is based on the score, point spread, or any performance of any single
real-world sports team or combination of such teams or solely on any single performance of
an individual athlete or participant in any single real-world sporting event, and (2) ensure no
participation in fantasy sports contests of athletes and individuals who participate in or
officiate a game or competition that is a real-world sport or athletic event that is the subject
of a fantasy sports contest.
New law revises prior law requirements to (1) provide that no winning outcome is based on
the score, point spread, or any performance of any single real-world sports team or
combination of such teams or solely on any single performance of an individual athlete or
person engaged in any single real-world sporting event, and (2) ensure no participation in
fantasy sports contests of athletes and individuals who engage in or officiate a game or
competition that is a real-world sport or athletic event that is the subject of a fantasy sports
contest.
Prior law provided that a fantasy sports contest operator shall not offer fantasy sports contests
based on the performances of participants in high school or youth athletic events.
New law provides that a fantasy sports contest operator shall not offer fantasy sports contests
based on the performances of athletes or persons that engage in high school or youth athletic
events.
Effective upon signature of the governor (October 28, 2020).
(Amends R.S. 27:305, and 308(A)(3), (4)(a), and (B); adds R.S. 27:302(11))