Louisiana lawmakers advanced a bill to expand racketeering laws and give prosecutors broader power to target organized ...

Louisiana House approved proposal that adds gambling offenses to racketeering law in a bid to target illegal betting networks ...

The measure is House Bill 53, which was prefiled by House Rep. Bryan Fontenot on January 30. This measure, pending House approval, could lead to criminal ramifications for sweepstakes casino sites.

HB53, filed by State Representative Bryan Fontenot, would retain all current definitions of racketeering with the addition of certain activities linked to gambling.

Law professor G. Robert Blakey—famous for writing federal anti-racketeering laws and investigating the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr.—was ...