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<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nLouisiana has joined more than 30 other states where sports betting is allowed in banning player props involving college student-athletes.<\/span><\/p>\n On Monday, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB) issued a bulletin informing its regulated retail and online sportsbooks that bets on an individual college player\u2019s performance will soon be prohibited. The rule will go into effect at 8:00 a.m. CDT on Aug. 1, 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAny proposition or \u2018prop\u2019 bet on an individual athlete\u2019s performance or statistics participating in a college sporting event\u201d will become excluded from the state\u2019s Official Sports Betting Catalog on August 1. Only proposition bets based on full college team outcomes will remain. <\/span><\/p>\n Ronnie Johns, chair of the LGCB, acknowledged that the regulatory adjustment \u201cmay present challenges\u201d for operators. <\/span><\/p>\n Sports betting operators shall use their best efforts to comply with the intent of this notification,\u201d Johns said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The LGCB\u2019s action comes after the NCAA petitioned the gaming regulator to adjust its sports wagering rules to exclude college player props<\/a>. The NCAA\u2019s wishes are specific to individual games, not season-long bets like who will win the Heisman Trophy. <\/span><\/p>\n Louisiana follows Ohio, Maryland<\/a>, and Vermont in recently telling its sportsbook licensees to stop offering college player props. The NCAA says such wagers have increased student-athletes being harassed<\/a> online via social media and in person. <\/span><\/p>\n NCAA President Charlie Baker says player props are among the college sports governing body\u2019s paramount concerns regarding sports gambling. Along with increased risks to athletes, such bets, Baker argues, increase game integrity risks, as a student-athlete might be more susceptible to throw a game in exchange for a bribe.<\/span><\/p>\n Sports betting issues are on the rise across the country with prop bets continuing to threaten the integrity of competition and leading to student-athletes and professional athletes being harassed,\u201d Baker said in a statement. \u201cThe NCAA has been working with states to deal with these threats, and many are responding by banning college prop bets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n With Louisiana\u2019s forthcoming college player prop ban, just three states continue to allow such bets \u2014 Kansas, Michigan, and Wyoming. <\/span><\/p>\n Oddsmakers say player props account for a relatively small amount of their overall action. When the Ohio Casino Control Commission banned college player props<\/a> in February, the agency\u2019s executive director, Matthew Schuler, said such bets represented less than 1.5% of the money legally wagered through the state\u2019s sportsbooks. <\/span><\/p>\n During Louisiana\u2019s 2022\/2023 fiscal year, the LGCB reported that the state\u2019s online sportsbooks took more than $2.2 billion in bets. Retail oddsmakers accepted about $307.1 million in wagers. <\/span><\/p>\n Online sportsbooks kept nearly $206.9 million of the action, while in-person betting won $38.4 million for a combined haul of approximately $245.3 million. <\/span><\/p>\n Three states reported more than $1 billion in gross sports betting revenue last year, with New York leading<\/a> the way at $1.7 billion. New Jersey was second at $1.006B and Illinois was third at $1.002B. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Louisiana](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NS_ft-858x572.jpg\")
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