Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part VI - Sports Wagering › Chapter 5 - Rules; Operations › Section VI-527 - Sports Book Lounge or Sports Wagering Lounge

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. An applicant for a sports wagering
				operator license shall submit a detailed plan of design of its sports book
				lounge and other areas of its establishment where sports wagering mechanisms
				may be placed. If operating initially out of a temporary sports book lounge,
				the applicant shall also submit a construction schedule for its sports book
				lounge.
B. A licensee shall inform
				the board and division of any plans to alter, update, renovate, or otherwise
				change the sports book lounge from that detailed with the application or
				subsequently approved.
C. A sports
				book lounge shall:
1. be limited to persons
				who are 21 years of age or older who are not prohibited persons;
2. be of a such a design and size deemed
				acceptable by the board;
3. contain
				an area where the odds at which sports wagers may be placed are
				displayed;
4. if not located in an
				area restricted to person who are 21 and over, contain a conspicuously posted
				sign that includes a statement similar to "It is unlawful for any individual
				who is under 21 years of age to enter the sports book lounge or place a sports
				wager;"
5. contain a conspicuously
				posted sign providing the National Council on Problem Gambling's 24 hour
				toll-free number or a similar toll-free number approved by the board, as well
				as separately providing information regarding the prevention, treatment, and
				monitoring of compulsive gambling; and
6. include a sports book lounge booth that:
a. shall be designed and constructed to
				provide maximum security for the materials stored and the activities performed
				therein. Such design and construction shall be approved by the
				division;
b. includes manually
				triggered silent alarm systems, which shall be connected directly to the
				monitoring rooms of the licensed premises and security departments;
c. includes one or more ticket writer
				stations, each of which shall contain:
i. a
				writer's drawer and terminal through which financial transactions related to
				sports wagering will be conducted; and
ii. a permanently affixed number, which shall
				be visible to the CCTV surveillance system;
d. includes closed circuit television cameras
				capable of accurate visual monitoring and recording of any activities,
				including the capturing of the patron's facial image when conducting
				transactions at the counter;
e. has
				an alarm for each emergency exit door that is not a mantrap;
f. includes a secure location for the purpose
				of storing funds issued by a cage to be used in the operation of sports
				wagering. The secure location shall:
i. be
				located in an area not open to the public;
ii. have a door with a locking mechanism that
				shall be maintained and controlled by the sports wagering lounge booth
				supervisor; and
iii. have closed
				circuit television cameras capable of accurate visual monitoring and taping of
				all activities in the secure location; and
g. a sports book lounge booth shall maintain
				a funds operating balance as necessary to operate the booth. Funds transferred
				to and from the cage shall be secured and transferred in accordance with
				internal controls for funds movement on the casino floor. Prior to transporting
				the funds, security shall notify surveillance of the movement of funds. If
				movement does not require security, the employee transferring the funds shall
				notify surveillance. The funds will be transferred with appropriate
				documentation.