Kansas Lottery Would Regulate Sports Betting

The Kansas Lottery would regulate sports betting under a comprehensive measure legalizing mobile and in-person betting on professional and college sports at parimutuel licensees and tribal casinos that contract with the lottery. Licenses would not be capped and no integrity fees to professional leagues. The bill is one of five sports betting measures in the legislature.

Kansas Lottery Would Regulate Sports Betting

In Kansas, HB 2390, a comprehensive 70-page draft, is one of five sports betting bills circulating among lawmakers, but it hasn’t been filed yet. When and if it is, it would be assigned to the Federal and State Affairs Committee and filed until the end of the current session on June 26.

The bill would allow mobile and in-person betting on professional and collegiate sports at “lottery gaming facilities” and “racetrack gaming facilities” –a parimutuel licensee that has contracted with the state lottery—and also at tribal casinos that contract with the state to offer sports betting. The Kansas Lottery would regulate sports betting, a provision many casino operators objected to, such as Hollywood Casino representative Whitney Damron. “We don’t believe the Kansas Lottery ought to operate a sports book,” he said.

Adjusted gross revenue would be taxed at 50 percent for mobile and 30 percent for in-person lottery retailers. Revenue would go to the State Treasury Sports Wagering Receipt Fund, with $750,000 directed annually toward white-collar crime investigation and prosecution and 2 percent earmarked for problem gambling services.

There would be no cap on the number of licenses issued and no integrity fee would be paid to professional leagues but the use of official league data would be required.

Operators could apply for an additional interactive platform, meaning the lottery would not actually have a monopoly on mobile and internet sports betting. Private companies, such as FanDuel or William Hill, could partner with a property manager. But these commercial partners could not offer in-play wagering through mobile or online platforms.

Other bills include HB 2032 which would legalize sports betting only at horse racetracks; and SB 23 and HB 2068 which would authorize a 0.25 percent integrity fee as promoted by professional sports leagues.

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