The bill in the Senate is sponsored by State Sen. The newspaper also reported on Tuesday that: “Gambling interests will be seeking legislative approval beginning Tuesday to make these changes - and others - in what represents the biggest effort to expand the state’s gambling laws since the modern creation of the industry in Louisiana in the early 1990s.” “Gambling interests will be seeking legislative approval beginning Tuesday to make these changes - and others - in what represents the biggest effort to expand the state’s gambling laws since the modern creation of the industry in Louisiana in the early 1990s.” The Advocate newspaper, of Baton Rouge, notes that the proposed changes would allow the state’s 15 “riverboat” casinos to move onto land, “within 1,200 feet of their designated berth space and a limit of 2,365 gambling machines would replace the original 1991 cap of 30,000 square feet of gambling space.” The dynamics make hosting large-scale poker tournaments difficult, but some recent legislative movements may be changing that. The poker room is one of only two in the Shreveport-Bossier area, and by law most casinos must be based over water - the Red River in this case. It was close quarters for the recent RunGood Poker Series at the Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City.
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