Amusements and Sports
La. Laws div. RS, tit. 4
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section4:1. Unlawful to sell tickets for more than the price; total cost of tickets to be printed on eachsection4:2. Shows and exhibits; misleading advertisements; penaltysection4:3. Playing or singing of the national anthem at certain athletic contestssection4:5. Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 638, §3.section4:6. Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 371, §1, eff. June 30, 1963.section4:7. Parishes may regulate, restrict, and tax circuses, carnivals, etc.section4:8. Fairs and entertainments of religious and benevolent organizations; permitsection4:9. Corruption of participants or referees in contests; penaltysection4:10. Game regulationssection4:10.1. Capital prize to be awardedsection4:10.2. False advertisingsection4:10.3. Specific games; requirementssection4:10.4. Gambling prohibitedsection4:10.5. Exemptionssection4:10.6. Violations; penaltiessection4:41. Amusement tax for relief of public and quasi-public charitable institutions and human service programssection4:42. Amount of tax; collection from patron on admissionsection4:43. Admissions exempt from taxsection4:44. Term "admission" definedsection4:45. Use of proceeds of taxsection4:46. Authority to impose penaltiessection4:61. Louisiana State Athletic Commission; domicile; authoritysection4:62. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, No. 192, §2.section4:63. Duties and authority of secretary of commissionsection4:64. Rules and regulationssection4:65. Licenses; fees; bondsection4:66. Professional boxing contracts; permitssection4:67. Gross receipts tax; disbursementssection4:68. Reports; payment of tax; counting of tickets; complimentary ticketssection4:69. Failure to make report or remittance; unsatisfactory and false reportssection4:70. Physicians and emergency medical personnelsection4:71. Buildings and structures; exceeding seating capacity in sale of tickets or issuance of invitationssection4:72. Safety zonesection4:73. Ticketssection4:74. Admission of persons under sixteensection4:75. Sham or fake contests or exhibitionssection4:76. Shamming or faking by contestantssection4:77. Contestants to be in city three days before contest; period between contestssection4:78. Secondssection4:79. Referees and judges; appointment of event coordinatorsection4:80. Representing contestant or sharing in purse; payment of pursesection4:81. Open betting or quoting of odds; insulting or abusive remarkssection4:81.1. Tough-man contest; prohibitionsection4:82. Noncompliance with Chapter; penaltysection4:82.1. Noncompliance with Chapter; criminal penaltysection4:82.2. Noncompliance with Chapter; injunctionsection4:82.3. Disciplinary actionssection4:83. Application of Chapter; professional wrestling events; required notice; exemptionssection4:84. Administrative proceduresection4:85. Definitions; constructionsection4:141. Legislative intent and policysection4:142. Purposesection4:143. Definitionssection4:144. Louisiana State Racing Commission; creation; membership; tenure; powers and duties; quorum; qualification of members; per diem; expenses and disbursements; bond; prohibited interestsection4:145. Executive director; officers; employees; domicile; report to central registrysection4:145.1. Exclusive venue for law suits against the commissionsection4:145.2. Exclusive venue for judicial review of adjudicationsection4:146. Attorney for commission; executive director to serve as treasurer of commission; duties; reportsection4:147. Specific duties of commissionsection4:147.1. Commission; purse supplements; additional or substitute races and race days; force majeuresection4:147.2. Additional powers of commission; force majeuresection4:147.3. Authority to obtain criminal history record informationsection4:148. Rules, regulations, and conditionssection4:148.1. Jockeys; riding engagements contracted by same agent; number of riders limited per racesection4:148.2. Corporations licensed as ownerssection4:149. Wagering; rules and regulationssection4:149.1. Acceptance of certain wagers; unlawfulsection4:149.2. Other track wageringsection4:149.3. Interstate wagering; common poolssection4:149.4. Toll-free telephone assistance for compulsive gamblers; posting of signs on premisessection4:149.5. Account wageringsection4:150. Licenses to owners, trainers, jockeys, and riders; qualifications of applicant for a licensesection4:150.1. Temporary licenses to owners; application for regular license; penalty for noncompliancesection4:151. Criteria for racing privileges other than associationssection4:152. Grounds for denial or termination of racing privileges for persons other than associationssection4:152.1. Mandatory termination of racing privilegessection4:153. Production of books, memoranda, or documents; removal of official or employee; manner of keeping books; witnesses; penaltysection4:154. Administrative procedure; appeal to the commission and review of commission rulingssection4:155. Commission authority, fines, suspensions, revocations, forfeitures and disciplinary actionssection4:156. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 64, §3, eff. June 15, 1978.section4:157. Race meetings; right to conduct; Sundays; minorssection4:157.1. Authorization to grant extra racing days; races of national importancesection4:158. License to operate a horse racing track; license to conduct race meetingssection4:158.1. Written reportsection4:158.2. Quarterly reporting of professional services informationsection4:159. Criteria for licensing associationssection4:160. Grounds for fines, suspension, denial, or termination of racing privileges to an associationsection4:161. License fees for conducting race meetingssection4:161.1. License fees; exemption for quarter horse racessection4:161.2. License fees for conducting race meetings when two or more conflicting licensed race meetings occur within the statesection4:162. Payments based on attendance; reportssection4:163. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1090, §2, eff. July 1, 1990.section4:163.1. Parish license fees for conducting race meetingssection4:164. Facility maintenance and improvement fundsection4:165. Funds of the commission; purses and breeders' awards; withholds; promotion and researchsection4:165.1. Louisiana bred preferred racessection4:166. Commissions deductible from pari-mutuel poolssection4:166.1. Deduction on exotic wagering poolssection4:166.2. Deduction on exotic wagering pools; allocation of proceedssection4:166.3. Commissions deductible from pari-mutuel pools when two or more conflicting licensed race meetings occur within the statesection4:166.4. Pick-six exotic wagering pool; allocation of proceedssection4:166.5. Deduction on exotic wagering poolssection4:166.6. Deduction on exotic wagering pools; special deduction on multiple choice exotic wagering pools; allocation of proceedssection4:166.7. Exotic wagering; allocation of proceeds during and for a race meeting; concurrence requiredsection4:167. Deduction from breakage; thoroughbred and quarter horse race meetingssection4:168. License fees, commissions, and taxes of this Part in lieu of all other such taxessection4:169. Licenses, registrations, and fees for participating in racingsection4:170. State and parish fair associations excepted; voters of parish may prohibit racingsection4:171. Holding race meet without license; illegal wagering; penaltiessection4:171.1. Transmission of racing information for illegal gambling purposessection4:171.2. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 883, §2, eff. July 25, 1990.section4:171.3. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 883, §2, eff. July 25, 1990.section4:172. Stewards; authority, powers, and duties; fines and suspensionssection4:173. Commissioners and stewards not liable in damagessection4:173.1. Owners not liable for third party damages; right of actionsection4:174. Residence of employees of operator of racing meetingsection4:174.1. Races restricted to out-of-state thoroughbreds; limitationssection4:175. Unnatural stimulation of horses; willful pulling of reinssection4:176. Limitation of time for presenting pari-mutuel tickets and disposition of unclaimed moniessection4:177. Breeder awardssection4:178. Breeders Association as official registrarsection4:179. Quarter Horse Breeders Association as official registrarsection4:179.1. Authorized representative of persons licensed to race horses at race meetings conducted in the statesection4:179.2. Horsemen's organization; incorporationsection4:180. Commission authority, contract for servicessection4:181. Parish-wide election on horse racing meetsection4:182. Racing of Appaloosa horsessection4:182.1. Racing of quarter horses and thoroughbred horsessection4:182.2. Arabian horsessection4:183. Contracts between licensees and permittees licensed to race horses at race meetings conducted in the statesection4:183.1. Purse supplement; promotional items and services; manufacturer's product name in race designationsection4:183.2. Disposition of accrued interest on undistributed monies at a race meetingsection4:184. Special maiden thoroughbred races; pursessection4:185. Horsemen's bookkeepersection4:185.1. Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association; auditsection4:186. Entering horse under another namesection4:191. Exclusion, ejection; initial remedy; proceduresection4:192. Hearing; determination; ordersection4:193. Categories of persons subject to exclusion and ejection; civil libertiessection4:194. Notification of ordersection4:195. Requirements to exclude, eject certain persons; penalties for failure to actsection4:196. Unlawful entry; penaltysection4:197. Standards for commission; APAsection4:198. Disclosure of source of purses and purse supplementssection4:199. Sports Wagering Purse Supplement Fund; creationsection4:200. Fixed Odds Horse Wagering Purse Supplement Fund; creationsection4:201. Purposesection4:202. Louisiana Champions Day; creation; racing program; fundingsection4:203. Louisiana Champions Day Account; funding; use; auditsection4:211. Definitionssection4:212. Offtrack wagering; authorizationsection4:212.1. Toll-free telephone assistance for compulsive gamblers; posting of signs on premisessection4:213. Offtrack wagering facilities; establishment; sports book loungesection4:214. Offtrack wagering facilities; licensing; criteria; management; appeal of license suspension or revocation; limitation on facilities with historical horse racingsection4:214.1. Minimum live racing dates; offtrack and other authorized wageringsection4:215. Offtrack wagering facilities; ownershipsection4:216. Commissions on wagerssection4:217. Purse supplements; designation and distributionsection4:218. Fees authorizationsection4:218.1. Historical horse racing fee authorizationsection4:219. Uncashed pari-mutuel tickets; limitation of time for presentation; disposition of unclaimed moniessection4:220. Transmission of wagerssection4:221. Employees; licensingsection4:222. Audit by commissionsection4:223. Production of books, memoranda, or documents; removal of employee; manner of keeping books; witnesses; penaltysection4:224. Administrative procedure; review of commission rulingssection4:225. Commission authority, fines, suspensions, revocations, forfeitures and disciplinary actionssection4:226. Grounds for denial or termination of license to operate an offtrack wagering facilitysection4:227. License fees, commissions, and taxes of this Part in lieu of all other such taxessection4:228. Offtrack wagering facility locations; prohibited distances; prohibited structuressection4:241. §§241 to 248 Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 298, §1.section4:249. Dog racing prohibitedsection4:250. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:251. Horsemen's Workers' Compensation Insurance Program; legislative findings; authoritysection4:251.1. Horsemen's Self-Help Pension Program; legislative findings; authoritysection4:252. Implementation of the insurance program; certificate of coveragesection4:253. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:254. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:255. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:256. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:257. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:258. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:259. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:260. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:261. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:262. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:263. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:264. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:265. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section4:275. Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Live Horse Racing with Pari-mutuel Wagering; Louisiana's participationsection4:276. Louisiana compact committee officialsection4:277. Cooperation of departments, agencies, and officers of the statesection4:278. Louisiana State Racing Commission powers preservedsection4:281. Purposesection4:282. Construction of Part; supplemental and additional naturesection4:283. Definitionssection4:284. Functions of corporationsection4:285. Membership of board of directors; vacancies; compensation; expenses; executive committeesection4:286. Powerssection4:287. Liability of board memberssection4:288. Debt or liabilitysection4:289. Applicability of other lawssection4:290. Dissolution of corporationsection4:301. §§301 to 307 Repealed by Acts 1968, No. 533, §1.section4:361. Municipalities and department of police of New Orleans may place matrons or policewomen in dance halls; dutiessection4:362. Ordinance or resolutionsection4:363. Free ingress and egress; payment of charge as compensationsection4:364. Refusal to comply; punishmentsection4:420. Declaration of purposesection4:421. Definitionssection4:422. Registration of agentssection4:422.1. Denial of registration; refusal to renew; revocation or suspension; notification; hearingsection4:423. Agent's contract; schedule of fees; maximum fee; notification; penaltysection4:423.1. Additional required disclosures for endorsement contracts; rulessection4:424. Prohibited activities; duties, obligations, and responsibilitiessection4:425. Repealed by Acts 2026, No. 895, §2, eff. June 9, 2026.section4:426. Violations; penaltiessection4:427. Records to be kept; penaltiessection4:428. Implementing rules and regulationssection4:429. Time for registration and compliance with Chaptersection4:430. Repealed by Acts 2026, No. 895, §2, eff. June 9, 2026.section4:431. Enforcementsection4:432. Liability for loss of eligibilitysection4:432.1. Civil remediessection4:433. Unlawful payments; penaltiessection4:434. Unfair or deceptive acts or practices; investigations and actions by the attorney general; private actionssection4:435. Requirement to registersection4:441. Short titlesection4:442. Legislative findingssection4:443. Definitionssection4:444. Designation of athletic teamssection4:445. Protection of educational institutions; limitation on liabilitysection4:446. Remedies; cause of actionsection4:461. Discrimination by race in sports tournaments hosted by private clubs prohibited; terms definedsection4:501. Redesignated as R.S. 27:41-113 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996.section4:601. Redesignated as R.S. 27:201-286 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996.section4:701. Citationsection4:702. Declaration of purposesection4:703. Definitionssection4:704. Office of charitable gaming; creation; employees; records and reportssection4:705. Office functions, duties, and responsibilitiessection4:705.1. Authority to obtain criminal history record informationsection4:706. Decision whether to permit raffles, bingo, and kenosection4:707. Authorization to license certain organizations; exemption; requirement for state licensesection4:707.1. Limited raffle licensessection4:708. Application for licensesection4:709. Investigation of qualifications of applicant; issuance of license; limitation on license fee; duration of license; report to central registrysection4:710. Issuance of special licensessection4:711. Hearing; amendment of licensesection4:712. Form of licensesection4:713. Control and supervision over gamessection4:714. Restrictions; requirements; transfers; prohibitionssection4:715. Personnel to hold games; commissions or salaries; equipment and supplies; expensessection4:716. Statement of receipts; expenditures; books and recordssection4:717. Examination of books and records and personnelsection4:718. Licensuresection4:719. Commercial lessor licensesection4:720. Qualifications for distributor license; additional requirements; bond; license termsection4:721. Enforcement responsibilitiessection4:722. Educational responsibilitiessection4:723. Immunitysection4:724. Use of electronic or video bingo gamessection4:724.1. Operation of machinessection4:725. Pull-tabssection4:725.1. Progressive pull-tabssection4:726. License for manufacturers or distributors of gaming supplies or equipment; prohibitions; requirementsection4:727. Repealed by Acts 2026, No. 940, §2.section4:728. Use of monies derived from enforcement of bingo regulations by the governing authority of Livingston Parishsection4:729. Fund-raising eventssection4:730. Use of monies derived from enforcement of bingo regulations by a municipal or parish governing authoritysection4:731. City of New Orleans; cable television bingo; licensing; restrictions; prohibitionssection4:732. Progressive bingosection4:733. Electronic pull-tab devicessection4:734. Sale of tickets at fund-raising eventsection4:735. Violations; penaltiessection4:736. Legal representation of the office; attorney generalsection4:737. Venue; trial de novo; appealssection4:738. Toll-free telephone assistance for compulsive gamblers; posting of signs on premisessection4:739. Use of electronic bingo card dabber devicessection4:740. Session defined
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