How Louisiana colleges will use an infusion of tax money for their sports programs

By: Piper Hutchinson

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 592

Last Updated: 4 days, 6 hours ago

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Scholarships and budget balancing are the main ways athletics programs at Louisiana colleges plan to use their allotments of gambling tax revenue under a new state law, but their exact spending might never be known because the law doesn’t require them to disclose it.

The first annual allotment of sports gambling tax revenue was made available to Division I schools with football programs this month. The money comes from the Supporting Programs, Opportunities, …

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