Boyd Gaming and bookmaker FanDuel have teamed up to open a FanDuel Sportsbook inside of Boyd’s Kansas Star Casino. An opening ceremony took place September 8, the same day that sports betting operators started taking wagers in Kansas.
As of now, all of Kansas’ four state-owned casinos—including Kansas Star—are accepting in-person bets, and there a total of six mobile platforms now taking wagers as well: FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, DraftKings, PointsBet and Barstool.
The new FanDuel Sportsbook features four betting windows, 20 betting kiosks, and a massive wall of state-of-the-art TV monitors, as you’d expect in any modern sportsbook.
David Strow, vice president of communications for Boyd, told local outlet KWCH that once the legislation was approved, it was a race against the clock to get the facility ready.
“Since we had the go from the legislature passing legislation, we’ve been pretty much working triple shifts to get this place ready,” he said.
FanDuel’s Vice President of Retail Operations Jeff Lowich, told KWCH that he feels confident the new property will be successful due to the fact that the Midwest is “a very sport-hungry part of the country,” for both collegiate and professional sports.
Kansas sports betting officially went live September 1, but the first week was considered as a “soft launch” due to the fact that most facilities and platforms were not 100 percent ready to go at that time.
