LA ยท Checked Oct. 21, 2026
Prediction market law in Louisiana
No public action found
Louisiana's Gaming Control Board told its sports-betting licensees that sports event contracts count as sports wagering, but no action against a prediction market operator was found.
In a Dec. 5, 2025 advisory notice to licensed sports-wagering operators and platform providers, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board said offering or facilitating sports event contracts is sports wagering under state law, citing the statute that treats exchange wagering as sports wagering, and warned that doing so could affect licenses. The notice addressed licensees, not prediction market operators. Louisiana's attorney general joined the Ohio-led multistate amicus brief backing New Jersey's Supreme Court petition in October 2026. No state lawsuit, cease-and-desist letter, court order or prediction-market statute was found.
Timeline of state actions
Other development, Kalshi
Louisiana's attorney general signed an Ohio-led amicus brief, joined by 38 other states and DC, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant New Jersey's petition in Flaherty v. KalshiEX (No. 26-299).
Source: Ohio et al. amicus brief, U.S. Supreme Court No. 26-299
Regulator guidance
The Gaming Control Board sent an advisory notice to all sports-wagering licensees and platform provider permittees stating its position that offering or facilitating sports event contracts is sports wagering under Louisiana law, even on CFTC-registered exchanges, and that it could affect their licenses.
Laws and bills
No enacted laws or pending bills specific to prediction markets found.
Court cases
No court cases involving Louisiana found.