Betting on college player props will be suspended in Louisiana beginning on Aug. 1, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board announced Wednesday.
The prohibition comes as the NCAA pushes states to ban college player prop bets, citing game integrity and harassment concerns.
“Our staff began to work on this weeks ago, well ahead of the NCAA’s call for action on college proposition bets,” Louisiana Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Johns said in a statement. “It is the intention of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board to protect the integrity of sports betting as well as the safety and integrity of college athletes. We feel that this order accomplishes that goal.”
Other states ban college player props
Maryland, Ohio, and Vermont are among the states to recently prohibit college player prop betting, and other state sports betting regulators seem willing to consider a ban as well.