# Waddell v. State ex rel. Louisiana Gaming Control Board

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · September 24, 1999 · 98 La.App. 1 Cir. 1014

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7731760

## Case

- **Full name:** Steven Joseph WADDELL v. STATE of Louisiana, Through LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BOARD
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** September 24, 1999
- **Citations:** 98 La.App. 1 Cir. 1014; 757 So. 2d 680; 1999 La. App. LEXIS 2701; 1999 WL 777856
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Weimer
- **Judges:** Fitzsimmons, Guidry, Jgfitzsimmons, Kuhn, Pettigrew, Weimer
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

|!WEIMER, Judge,
concurring.
I agree with the trial judge that LSA-R.S. 27:76(3) can be subject to criticism from the standpoint of the harshness of its application. The legislature has enacted a provision to allow productive, law abiding citizens to be purged of the taint of a mistake, but only after a ten year period. See Acts 1999, No. 1384, amending LSA-R.S. 27:76.
Nevertheless, the law, though harsh, is clear. The penalty for certain felony convictions or guilty pleas is to be prevented from engaging in the privilege of participating in the gaming industry — an industry the legislature has decided to highly regulate.

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