Louisiana Latest US State to Consider Legalized Online Gambling

Louisiana Rep. Mike Huval wants his state to look further into the prospects of offering legalized online gambling.

He has asked the state’s House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate Committee on Judiciary to report on their findings before the 2014 legislature.

“Louisiana has the potential to benefit economically by legalizing Internet gaming,” Huval wrote.

Already Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have legalized various forms of online gambling while other states like Illinois consider legislation to do so.

For Louisiana, the path to legalization won’t be easy as it explicitly made “gambling by computer” illegal back in 1997.

- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com