Louisiana officially joins 18 other states at 8 a.m. this morning in allowing mobile sports betting. In November 2020, 55 parishes voted to legalize sports betting and today the digital dollars begin to flow. Eric Ramsey of the PlayUSA.com network expects plenty of people who’ve never placed a bet before to get in on the action…:
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First-year gross revenue projections for gaming exceed $200 million, with roughly 10 percent of that coming back to the state.
Teens in the 15th Judicial District – which includes Acadia, Lafayette, and Vermilion parishes – can now be tried as an adult. District Attorney Don Landry made the announcement in an effort to reduce the growing number of juvenile crimes…:
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Landry says he’s instructing prosecutors to aggressively go after violent juvenile crime.
Law enforcement and community groups in Southwest Louisiana announce a cooperative task force to fight human trafficking and advocate for victims. More from Brooke Thorington…:
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Louisiana will suspend its participation in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), effective immediately. The announcement comes amid concerns raised about potential questionable funding sources and the chance that partisan actors may access the data for political purposes. George Soros is a large funder of ERIC.