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Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-050 Order Primary source read

Order of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB-5531-20): Order Closing Casinos

All gaming operations at the land-based casino, all riverboat casinos and all slots-at-the-track facilities to cease at midnight March 16, 2020 for two weeks, to midnight March 30, 2020

Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Ronnie Jones · Louisiana Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Louisiana Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) · Louisiana
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
La. R.S. 27:1 et seq. ('all regulatory authority and control... over all aspects of gaming activities'); Proclamation 27 JBE 2020
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 midnight (read as 2020-03-16)
End
Extended to Apr. 12 (Order No. 4, Ex. 052), Apr. 30 (No. 7, Ex. 054), May 15 (No. 10, Ex. 056) and May 18, 2020 (No. 12, Ex. 058); reopening from May 18, 2020 under Order No. 12 (read as 2020-05-18)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to May 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closure
Addressees
  • Harrah's New Orleans (land-based casino)
  • All licensed riverboat casinos
  • Slots-at-the-track licensees (Delta Downs, Evangeline Downs, Louisiana Downs, Fair Grounds)
Functions reached
  • SF every casino gaming floor in Louisiana closed 63 days (Mar. 16 - May 18, 2020)
  • LG, FB casino hotels, restaurants and venues closed with the premises under 30 JBE 2020
  • AM racetrack casinos' slot floors closed
  • WF casino workforce idled (see the employment-condition forbearance in Orders 16, 18, 20, 22, 26, 28, 29)
Collection
State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING

Operative words

IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Effective at midnight, March 16, 2020, all gaming operations conducted at the land-based casino, all licensed riverboat casinos, and all slots at the track licensed facilities shall, until further order, cease for a period of two weeks, ending at midnight March 30, 2020. 2. All licensees shall coordinate with the Gaming Enforcement Division of Louisiana State Police in the implementation of this order. 3. This order may be extended, amended, or rescinded by the Chairman of the Board upon a change or continuation of circumstances.

Enforcement

Board order implemented by the Gaming Enforcement Division of Louisiana State Police; violation subject to license suspension, revocation and penalties under La. R.S. 27:15(B), 27:21 and LAC Title 42

Notes

Issued the same day as Proclamation 30 JBE 2020 (Ex. LA-003); the Board's order is the licensing-law closure that the State Police enforced. Scanned; text via OCR.

Retrieval note

The Board's old site (lgcb.dps.louisiana.gov/orders.html) is gone; all Louisiana orders were retrieved raw from the Wayback Machine's 2021 captures.

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