States / Kansas

Kansas

Kansas uses a state-owned destination casino model, with the Kansas Lottery owning four regional casinos run by contracted managers.
Retail and online sports betting is tied to those four casinos, and online casinos and online poker are not authorized.

More detail

Casinos. Kansas uses a unique state-owned "destination casino" model under the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act (KELA, enacted 2007). The Kansas Lottery legally owns and operates four regional casinos, one per gaming zone, through contracted "lottery gaming facility managers." They are Boot Hill Casino, Kansas Star Casino, Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, and Kansas Crossing Casino. The state is statutorily entitled to at least 22% of facility revenue.
Sports betting. Retail and online sports wagering was legalized in 2022 and launched in September 2022. It is tied to the same four facility managers and taxed at 10% of sports-wagering revenue.
Racing. Historical horse race (HHR) machines are separately authorized under the Kansas Parimutuel Racing Act, but only at a single Sedgwick County facility (Gilley's, in Park City). They are taxed at 3% of handle.
Online casinos. Online casino gaming (igaming) and online poker are not authorized.

Reviewed Oct 11, 2026 · 47 sources

Legal status

LiveLegal, not launchedLimitedContestedProhibitedNot authorizedRepealedNA

Vertical	Status	Launched	Model	Details
Sports (online)	Live	Sep 1, 2022	Monopoly State	Each of the 4 lottery gaming facility managers may contract with "interactive sports wagering platform providers" (e.g., DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM) rather than operate a capped number of statewide skins; the Kansas Lottery retains ultimate ownership/control of all sports wagering per statute. K.S.A. 74-8734(i); 1 K.A.R. 112-201 et seq. [1]
Sports (retail)	Live	Sep 1, 2022	Monopoly State	Retail sportsbooks operate only at the four KELA lottery gaming facilities, run by their contracted managers. K.S.A. 74-8734(i); K.S.A. 74-8701 et seq. [1]
Online casino	Not authorized			No Kansas statute authorizes online casino games.[2]
Online poker	Not authorized			No authorizing statute identified.[2]
Commercial casinos	Live	Dec 1, 2009	Monopoly State	Four state-owned "lottery gaming facilities" (one per gaming zone, capped by statute until July 1, 2032): Boot Hill Casino (Dodge City), Kansas Star Casino (Mulvane), Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway (Kansas City), and Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel (Pittsburg). Facilities are managed under contract by private operators but legally owned/operated by the Kansas Lottery. K.S.A. 74-8701 et seq. (Kansas Expanded Lottery Act) [1],[2]
Tribal casinos	Live		Monopoly Tribal	Five Class III tribal-state gaming compacts/operations: Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (Mayetta; opened a retail sportsbook in early 2024, with its compact reportedly being amended to add sports wagering under a 2025 legislative resolution); Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas (Golden Eagle Casino, Horton); Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska (unnamed casino); Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska (unnamed casino); and Wyandotte Nation (7th Street Casino, Kansas City, plus a second facility, Crosswinds Casino, near Park City, under a new compact signed around March 2026 and deemed approved by operation of law when the U.S. Interior Department's 45-day review period lapsed, with Federal Register publication reported July 14, 2026; this compact reportedly includes a "hub-and-spoke" sports-wagering model). The legal basis for Wyandotte's off-reservation facility traces to a May 2025 Kansas AG Opinion (2025-11). Tribal compacts are negotiated by the Kansas AG/Governor under IGRA, not administered by KRGC, so KRGC's own pages do not cover them.[3],[4]?
Lottery	Live	1987	Monopoly State	Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 to authorize a state-owned and -operated lottery; the Legislature then enacted the Kansas Lottery Act in 1987, and ticket sales began in 1987 in 21 cities. Kansas is an original participant (since June 2002, alongside Nebraska) in 2by2, a MUSL regional daily-draw game also offered by Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming. K.S.A. 74-8701 et seq. (Kansas Lottery Act) [5],[6],[7]?
iLottery	Live		Monopoly State	Kansas Lottery sells draw-game entries and digital eInstant games directly online/via app (PlayOn Kansas platform) alongside retail sales.[8]?
Daily fantasy	Live		Competitive	K.S.A. 21-6403 excludes a qualifying "fantasy sports league" from the definition of "bet" in Kansas's criminal gambling statutes, treating DFS as a game of skill outside the KELA licensing framework; no dedicated DFS license or tax applies. The exclusion requires that no team be based on an actual team's current roster, that prizes be fixed in advance and not depend on the number of entrants or fees paid, and that outcomes reflect participants' relative knowledge and skill rather than the score or a single athlete's performance in one real-world event.[9]
VGTs / VLTs	Not authorized			Kansas confines electronic gaming machines to the 4 KELA lottery gaming facilities and licensed racetrack facilities; no standalone bar/truck-stop VGT program identified.[1]
Historical horse racing	Limited		Monopoly State	Parimutuel wagering on historical horse races is authorized by statute only at a single organization-licensee facility located in Sedgwick County (Gilley's, Park City), through commission-approved "historical horse race machines." No random-number generator may be used; results must derive from actual historical races. K.S.A. 74-8801 (definitions); K.S.A. 74-8823(a)(5) [10]
Sweepstakes casinos	Not authorized			Kansas has no statute or KRGC rule specifically authorizing or licensing sweepstakes-casino (dual-currency) platforms, so the activity is not authorized, notwithstanding that sweeps operators appear to continue serving Kansas customers without enforcement. Multiple industry-tracker roundups of the 2026 state sweepstakes-ban wave list California, Indiana, Maine, New York, Louisiana, and Tennessee as having acted, but do not list Kansas.[11],[12]?
Prediction markets	Not authorized			No Kansas statute authorizes prediction-market event contracts, so the activity is not authorized, notwithstanding that platforms remain accessible to Kansas customers. The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission has taken no enforcement action: KRGC enforcement attorney James Bain told Sports Betting Dime (reported June 16, 2026) the commission is "not planning on sending cease-and-desist letters to prediction market platforms" at this time and is instead watching the outcome of the Kalshi litigation in Nevada and New Jersey before deciding. No Kansas AG opinion or court filing addresses the issue. Kansas sits in the 10th Circuit, which has not ruled on CEA preemption of state gambling/sports-wagering law; compare the 3rd Circuit (NJ, April 6, 2026, for Kalshi), 6th Circuit (OH/TN, September 25, 2026, against Kalshi), and 9th Circuit (NV, August 28, 2026, against Kalshi).[3],[13]
Skill games	Contested			Legal status of unregulated skill/slot-like terminals is unsettled. In Dec. 2024 the Kansas Supreme Court held that POM of Kansas (a subsidiary of manufacturer Pace-O-Matic) lacked standing to sue state regulators over the "Dragon's Ascent" arcade game, because no cease-and-desist order had been issued and neither KRGC nor the Attorney General had opined the game was illegal; the court did not decide whether the game is skill- or chance-based. Kansas has no statutory process for certifying a game as skill-based rather than chance-based, leaving the devices in a legal gray area. No 2025-2026 legislative or enforcement update was found.[14]
Card rooms	Not authorized			KRGC public guidance states that betting/wagering-based fundraising activities (including poker games) are illegal in Kansas outside the licensed KELA/parimutuel/lottery framework.[15]
Lottery couriers	Not authorized			K.S.A. 74-8718(a)(2) makes it unlawful "for any person other than the Kansas lottery or a lottery retailer authorized by the Kansas lottery" to "sell or resell any lottery ticket or share," and 74-8718(a)(4) separately bars retail ticket sales "by electronic mail, the internet or telephone." Neither provision carves out a third-party courier model. Consistent with this, as of October 2026 neither Jackpocket nor Lotto.com -- the two national courier operators -- lists Kansas among its operating states, and Kansas has issued no courier-specific cease-and-desist, lawsuit, or public statement, unlike Washington, where an actual enforcement action exists; the activity is accordingly unaddressed rather than affirmatively banned.[16],[8]
Pick'em fantasy	Not authorized			KRGC Executive Director Don Brownlee determined roughly ten operators were running illegal sports betting under a fantasy label, and KRGC sent cease-and-desist letters (beginning 2023-09-07) to at least six, treating player-vs-house pick'em/player-prop contests as unlicensed sports wagering rather than fantasy sports. Underdog (the only operator to confirm receiving a letter) pulled its pick'em product from Kansas, then returned in September 2024 under a peer-to-peer "Champions" format that KRGC's director of security said "complies with the spirit of Kansas law." Traditional house-vs-player pick'em thus remains unauthorized; reformatted peer-to-peer contests are treated as ordinary DFS.[17],[18]
Pari-mutuel	Live		Competitive	Licensed organization licensees may conduct live horse/greyhound racing with parimutuel wagering; takeout capped at 18% of each pool (25% for multiple/exotic bets). Eureka Downs racetrack licensing office reopening in fall 2026 per KRGC site. K.S.A. 74-8801 et seq. (Kansas Parimutuel Racing Act); K.S.A. 74-8823 [10]
Advance deposit wagering	Not authorized			The Kansas Parimutuel Racing Act defines and licenses live racing, simulcasting, intertrack wagering, and "off-track wagering" (wagering on a simulcast race at a licensed off-track facility), but contains no definition of, or licensing framework for, "advance deposit wagering" or "account wagering." K.S.A. 74-8843(f) separately and explicitly bars wagering on historical horse races "over the internet or a digital cellular network, including through any website or mobile device application," underscoring that the Act treats internet/mobile wagering as a distinct, unaddressed category rather than folding it into licensed ADW. No KRGC rule, license list, or regulation creates an ADW provider category. National ADW platforms nonetheless accept Kansas residents in practice: Action Network's state tracker lists TwinSpires, DRF, and AmWager as available to Kansas bettors (FanDuel Racing, TVG, and DraftKings Horse as not), consistent with access under the federal Interstate Horseracing Act rather than any Kansas-specific state authorization.[10],[19],[20]
Charitable gaming	Limited			Nonprofit religious, charitable, fraternal, educational and veterans' organizations may run call bingo, instant bingo and raffles under the Kansas Charitable Gaming Act (K.S.A. 75-5171 et seq.), which the Department of Revenue licenses and taxes. The act replaced the Kansas Bingo Act (K.S.A. 79-4701 et seq.) on July 1, 2015. Other wagering fundraisers, such as poker games, remain illegal.[21],[22],[23],[15]
Esports betting	Not authorized			KRGC's sports-wagering regulations (1 K.A.R. 112-201-1 et seq., permanently adopted 2026 per 2026 Senate Sub. for SB 356) define "sports event" and "sports wagering" without reference to esports in the portions located; a 2020 legislative description of the sports-wagering bill defines a sports event as excluding horse/greyhound races under the Parimutuel Racing Act and events where a majority of participants are minors, again without addressing esports. No KRGC guidance, license, or enforcement action on esports wagering specifically was found.[24],[25]
Social casino	Live			No Kansas statute or KRGC action addresses free-to-play, no-cash-prize social casino apps. Kansas has likewise not enacted anything reaching pure social casino play when it looked at sweepstakes-style dual-currency products, since play with no real money at stake falls outside Kansas's gambling definition, which requires a thing of value staked for gain.[2]

Sports betting in Kansas: status, tax rate, sportsbooks and bills →

Tax rates

Vertical	Channel	Rate	Base	Since	Statute
Commercial casinos	total	22%	GGR	Apr 19, 2007	K.S.A. 74-8734(h)(12) Statutory floor: state receives 'not less than 22%' of lottery gaming facility revenues; actual negotiated manager contracts can exceed this minimum. An additional 2% goes to the problem gambling fund and 1.5-3% to host city/county. [1]
Daily fantasy	total	0% No state tax or license fee; K.S.A. 21-6403 excludes a qualifying fantasy sports league from the definition of "bet," treating DFS as a game of skill outside the KELA licensing/tax framework entirely.	OTHER	2015	K.S.A. 21-6403(a)(9), added by L. 2015, ch. 62, § 19[9]
Historical horse racing	retail	3%	HANDLE	Jul 1, 2007	K.S.A. 74-8823(a)(5) 3% tax on total amount wagered on historical horse races, subject to the same 3%-6% daily floor/ceiling in K.S.A. 74-8823(b). [10]
Pari-mutuel	retail	3/18 (16.67%) of daily takeout from live horse-race pools and simulcast pools; graduated 3/18-5/18 tiers for live greyhound racing by handle level; statutory floor/ceiling of 3%-6% of total daily wagering at a facility	HANDLE	Jul 1, 2007	K.S.A. 74-8823[10]
Sports (online)	total	10%	GGR	Sep 1, 2022	K.S.A. 74-8734(i)(2) Statute requires management contracts to include a provision for the state to receive 10% of sports wagering revenues received from wagers placed with the lottery gaming facility manager. [1]
Sports (retail)	retail	10%	GGR	Sep 1, 2022	K.S.A. 74-8734(i)(2) K.S.A. 74-8734(i)(2) requires management contracts to give the state 10% of sports wagering revenues without a separate retail-vs-online rate; this entry mirrors the sports_online rate for the retail channel under the same statute. [1]

Rules and requirements

Casinos

Number of commercial casinos/racinos operating: 4
Boot Hill, Kansas Star, Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, Kansas Crossing — statutorily capped at one per gaming zone (4 zones) until July 1, 2032.
[1]

License fees

Sports wagering license fee(s) and term: No separate sports-wagering license fee exists in statute; sports wagering rides on the existing lottery gaming facility manager's privilege fee ($25,000,000 northeast/south central zones, $5,500,000 southeast/southwest zones) paid once under K.S.A. 74-8734(h)(6) for the overall casino management contract.
K.S.A. 74-8734(i) sets only the state's 10% sports-wagering revenue share; it does not impose an additional licensing fee.
[1]

Minimum age

Minimum age to gamble in a commercial casino: 21
K.S.A. 74-8757: no person under 21 may be in an area where EGMs/lottery facility games are conducted, with an 18+ employee exception.
[1]
Minimum age for charitable bingo/raffles: 18
K.S.A. 75-5179(h): no one under 18 may help run a licensed bingo game, and no licensee may sell an instant bingo ticket to anyone under 18.
[22]
Minimum age to purchase lottery: 18[8]
Minimum age for pari-mutuel wagering: 21
K.S.A. 74-8801(k): no person under 21 may purchase a parimutuel ticket; violation by an 18-20 year-old is a lesser offense than by an adult 21+, but purchase itself remains barred under 21.
[10]
Minimum age to place a sports wager: 21[1]

Sports betting rules

Credit cards may be used to fund accounts: Yes
1 K.A.R. 112-201-5(a) lists debit and credit cards among permitted funding methods for sports wagering accounts.
[28]
Online sports wagering available statewide (not tethered to premises): Yes[1]
Operators must use official league data for some bets: No[28]?

Tax revenue

Uses that commercial-casino and iGaming tax revenue is directed to by law, largest share first where the law sets shares: pensions, education, infrastructure, property_tax_relief, horse_racing, problem_gambling, local_government
Reflects the Expanded Lottery Act Revenues Fund's required transfers (engineering-school funding, then half the remainder to KPERS, with the rest available for debt reduction/infrastructure/property-tax relief) plus the racetrack EGM purse supplements, problem-gambling fund, and host city/county shares.
[1]
Where gaming tax revenue goes (education fund: KELA lottery-gaming-facility revenue (at least 22% of gross) and sports-wagering revenue (10% of gross) both end up in state funds that are appropriated rather than spent directly. Facility revenue is credited to the Expanded Lottery Act Revenues Fund (K.S.A. 74-8768): after a fixed $10,500,000 a year split three ways among the Kan-Grow engineering funds at KU, KSU, and WSU, half of what remains goes to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System to reduce its unfunded liability, with the balance available by appropriation for state debt reduction, infrastructure, and local property-tax relief. Sports-wagering revenue is instead credited to the Sports Wagering Receipts Fund (K.S.A. 74-8791) and transferred into the lottery operating fund (K.S.A. 74-8711) -- the same fund that receives ordinary lottery ticket proceeds and earmarks money to the state general fund, problem-gambling programs, crisis-stabilization and clubhouse mental-health programs, white-collar-crime enforcement, attracting professional sports to Kansas, and county property reappraisal. Separately, 2% of lottery-gaming-facility revenue funds the Problem Gambling and Addictions Grant Fund and 1.5-3% goes to the host city/county. Racetrack electronic-gaming-machine income is split differently: 40% to the Expanded Lottery Act Revenues Fund, 25% to the facility manager, 7%+7% to horse/greyhound purse supplement funds, 2% to the problem gambling fund, 1% to the Kansas horse fair racing benefit fund, and 15% to gaming expenses. Parimutuel/HHR taxes go to the State Racing Fund (K.S.A. 74-8826).[1],[10],[27]
Uses that sports-wagering tax revenue is directed to by law, largest share first where the law sets shares: general_fund, problem_gambling, health, public_safety, economic_development, local_government
Sports-wagering tax revenue is credited to the Sports Wagering Receipts Fund and then transferred into the lottery operating fund, where it is subject to the same earmarked transfers as ordinary lottery proceeds -- the general fund, problem-gambling programs, crisis-stabilization and clubhouse mental-health programs, the white collar crime fund, attracting professional sports to Kansas, and county reappraisal.
[1],[27]

Revenue

Tax revenueMonthly · Commercial casinos

Monthly3-month average

$5.0M$10.0M20182020202220242026Mar 2019 $8.9M$8.0M

Calendar-year totals from available reports; incomplete years are partial totals.

Vertical	Measure	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Commercial casinos	GGR	$290M	$426M	$415M	$406M	$402M	$404M	$300M	$416M
Commercial casinos	Tax paid	$64.5M	$94.7M	$91.3M	$89.3M	$88.3M	$88.8M	$65.9M	$91.7M

Commercial casinosMonthly GGR

Monthly3-month average

$20.0M$40.0M$60.0M20182020202220242026Mar 2019 $40.4M$36.0M

Commercial casinos by operator, latest reported 12-month window

Available reports only; missing months may make totals incomplete. License-holder totals may include partner-operated brands; rows are not necessarily additive.

Operator	Channel	Reported period	Handle	GGR
PENN Entertainment	retail	Sep 1, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026	—	$177M
Boyd Gaming	retail	Sep 1, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026	—	$170M
Butler National	retail	Sep 1, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026	—	$44.4M
Kansas Crossing Casino	retail	Sep 1, 2025 – Aug 31, 2026	—	$40.8M

What these figures mean

Commercial casinos: GGR is total lottery gaming facility revenue for the four state-owned casinos. Tax paid is the state's share of casino revenue (22%, plus a 2% tier for Kansas Star), as printed (the state's share under a lottery-run model, not a tax).

Revenue report sources (104)

Not published by the state

Daily fantasy: Kansas treats daily fantasy sports as a game of skill outside its gambling laws, with no dedicated license or tax, so no state figures exist to publish. Checked Oct 11, 2026 · source

Lottery

Status: Live · Monopoly State
Notes
Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 to authorize a state-owned and -operated lottery; the Legislature then enacted the Kansas Lottery Act in 1987, and ticket sales began in 1987 in 21 cities. Kansas is an original participant (since June 2002, alongside Nebraska) in 2by2, a MUSL regional daily-draw game also offered by Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
[5],[6],[7]?
Authorized: Nov 4, 1986
K.S.A. 74-8701 et seq. (Kansas Lottery Act)
First tickets sold: 1987
Run by: Kansas Lottery
Minimum age: 18[8]
Multistate games: Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto America, Millionaire for Life[8],[26]
Where the money goes: All lottery ticket/share sale proceeds go to the lottery operating fund; by statute at least 30% of monthly lottery ticket/share revenues (20% for pull-tabs), or the fund's excess balance if greater, is transferred monthly to the State Gaming Revenues Fund, with further earmarked transfers to the state general fund, the problem gambling and addictions grant fund, the community crisis stabilization centers fund, the clubhouse model program fund, the white collar crime fund, the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund, and the county reappraisal fund (K.S.A. 74-8711).[27]
Online sales (iLottery): Live
Kansas Lottery sells draw-game entries and digital eInstant games directly online/via app (PlayOn Kansas platform) alongside retail sales.
[8]?
Courier services: Not authorized
Notes
K.S.A. 74-8718(a)(2) makes it unlawful "for any person other than the Kansas lottery or a lottery retailer authorized by the Kansas lottery" to "sell or resell any lottery ticket or share," and 74-8718(a)(4) separately bars retail ticket sales "by electronic mail, the internet or telephone." Neither provision carves out a third-party courier model. Consistent with this, as of October 2026 neither Jackpocket nor Lotto.com -- the two national courier operators -- lists Kansas among its operating states, and Kansas has issued no courier-specific cease-and-desist, lawsuit, or public statement, unlike Washington, where an actual enforcement action exists; the activity is accordingly unaddressed rather than affirmatively banned.
[16],[8]

Lottery sales and money kept by the stateState fiscal years

SalesKept by the stateOnline gambling legalized

$200M$400MFY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY20241$308M$84.6M

1May 12, 2022: online sports betting legalized · launched Sep 1, 2022

Yearly figures

Fiscal year	Sales	Prizes	Administration	Kept by the state	Prize share
FY2024	$308M	$202M	$21.4M	$84.6M	66%
FY2023	$309M	$205M	$20.6M	$83.2M	66%
FY2022	$296M	$200M	$19.0M	$76.7M	68%
FY2021	$296M	$200M	$19.0M	$76.7M	68%
FY2020	$249M	$167M	$17.6M	$65.2M	67%
FY2019	$267M	$173M	$17.4M	$77.1M	65%
FY2018	$244M	$158M	$18.0M	$68.5M	65%
FY2017	$235M	$150M	$17.8M	$67.3M	64%
FY2016	$256M	$157M	$25.4M	$73.3M	61%
FY2015	$231M	$139M	$23.4M	$69.1M	60%
FY2014	$231M	$139M	$23.4M	$69.1M	60%
FY2013	$230M	$139M	$19.7M	$72.2M	60%
FY2012	$232M	$139M	$19.2M	$73.7M	60%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Finances

Lottery timeline

1987 · Legalized · Lottery
Kansas Legislature enacts the Kansas Lottery Act[5],[7]
1987 · Launched · Lottery
Kansas Lottery begins ticket sales in 21 cities[7]
Nov 4, 1986 · Ballot Measure · Lottery
Kansas voters approve constitutional amendment authorizing a state-owned lottery[5]

Licensed operators

Operator	Brand	Vertical	License	Status	Launched	Partner / venue
Boyd Gaming	Kansas Star Casino	Commercial casinos	Lottery Gaming Facility Manager	active		Kansas Star Casino, LLC[29],[30],[31]
Butler National	Boot Hill Casino and Resort	Commercial casinos	Lottery Gaming Facility Manager	active	Dec 1, 2009	Boot Hill Casino Management Company, LLC[29],[32]
Kansas Crossing Casino	Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel	Commercial casinos	Lottery Gaming Facility Manager	active	Apr 8, 2017	Kansas Crossing Casino, L.C.[29],[33]
PENN Entertainment	Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway	Commercial casinos	Lottery Gaming Facility Manager	active		Kansas Entertainment, LLC[29]
Bally's Corporation	Bally Bet	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	active		butler-national · Boot Hill Casino and Resort[34]
bet365	bet365	Sports (online)	Online-only sports wagering operator (untethered)	active	Aug 6, 2025	[37]
BetMGM	BetMGM	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	active	Sep 1, 2022	kansas-crossing-casino · Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel[38]
Caesars Entertainment	Caesars Sportsbook	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	active	Sep 1, 2022	kansas-crossing-casino · Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel[39],[38]
DraftKings	DraftKings	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	active	Sep 1, 2022	butler-national · Boot Hill Casino and Resort[34],[40]
Fanatics	Fanatics Sportsbook	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	active	Jan 1, 2024	kansas-crossing-casino · Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel[41]
FanDuel	FanDuel	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	active	Sep 1, 2022	boyd-gaming · Kansas Star Casino[40]
PENN Entertainment	theScore Bet	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	active	Dec 1, 2025	penn-entertainment · Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway[35]
Barstool Sportsbook	Barstool Sportsbook	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	exited (Sep 8, 2023)	Sep 1, 2022	penn-entertainment · Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway[35],[36]
PENN Entertainment	ESPN Bet	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	exited (Dec 1, 2025)	Nov 14, 2023	penn-entertainment · Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway[35]
PointsBet	PointsBet	Sports (online)	Interactive sports wagering platform provider	exited (Jan 1, 2024)	Sep 8, 2022	kansas-crossing-casino · Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel[38],[41]

Casinos

10 properties open.

Property	Type	City	Operator	Opened	Hotel
Boot Hill Casino & Resort[43],[44]	Commercial casino	Dodge City	Butler National	Dec 2009
Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway[45]	Commercial casino	Kansas City	PENN Entertainment	Feb 3, 2012
Kansas Crossing Casino + Hotel[46]	Commercial casino	Pittsburg	Kansas Crossing Casino	Mar 31, 2017
Kansas Star Casino[47]	Commercial casino	Mulvane	Boyd Gaming	Dec 26, 2011	Yes
7th Street Casino[44]	Tribal casino	Kansas City	Wyandotte Nation
Casino White Cloud[44]	Tribal casino	White Cloud	Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
CrossWinds Casino[44],[47]?	Tribal casino	Park City	Wyandotte Nation	Feb 2021
Golden Eagle Casino[44]	Tribal casino	Horton	Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
Prairie Band Casino & Resort[44]	Tribal casino	Mayetta	Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Sac and Fox Casino[44]	Tribal casino	Powhattan	Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska

Tribal gaming

Compact notices in the Federal Register: 5 · first notice Jul 6, 1995, latest Jul 14, 2026

Tribal gaming revenue in the NIGC Tulsa Region

NIGC Tulsa RegionFederal fiscal years

$2.0B$4.0BFY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025$3.7B

The National Indian Gaming Commission reports revenue only by region. This region also includes Oklahoma. The region covers eastern Oklahoma only.[42]

Compact notices

Published	Tribe	Notice	Federal Register
Jul 14, 2026	Wyandotte Nation	Compact took effect without action	91 FR 43109
Nov 24, 2025	Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska	Amendment took effect without action	90 FR 52995
Jul 18, 2023	Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation	Amendment took effect without action	88 FR 45909
Jul 6, 1995	Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska	Compact approved	60 FR 35320
Jul 6, 1995	Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians of Kansas	Compact approved	60 FR 35320

The Interior Department publishes a notice when a compact or amendment is approved or takes effect. Older compacts published before 1994 are not included.

Economy

Adults 21 and over: 2.2M (2024; 3.0M residents)
Gambling revenue per adult: $198 in 2025 · 19th of 31 states with a full year of reports
$426M kept by operators from commercial casinos, divided by adults 21 and over. Tribal casinos and the lottery are not included.
Gambling taxes collected: $27.4M in FY2025 · 0.21% of all state taxes
Gambling jobs: 3,240 in 2025 · $46,058 average annual pay

Gambling taxes collectedState fiscal years

Gambling taxesLottery proceeds

$50.0M$100MFY2013FY2016FY2019FY2022FY2025$27.4M$84.6M

Census Bureau tax collections on amusements and pari-mutuel wagering. Most states book casino, sports betting and video gaming taxes here; amusement taxes can also include admissions taxes unrelated to gambling. Lottery proceeds are what the lottery transfers to the state after prizes and costs.

Gambling jobsAnnual average

2,0004,0002015201720192021202320253,240

Casinos, casino hotels, card rooms, bingo halls, off-track betting and slot-route operators, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Racetracks are not included. Jobs at tribal casinos are counted as government jobs.

Gambling jobs by industry, 2025

Industry	Ownership	Employers	Jobs	Average pay
Gambling industries	tribal and other government-owned	6	628	$42,445
Gambling industries	privately owned	20	1,817	$47,576
Casino hotels	tribal and other government-owned	1	795	$45,416

Taxes by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Amusement taxes	Pari-mutuel taxes	Share of state taxes	Lottery proceeds
FY2025	$10.1M	$17.3M	0.21%	—
FY2024	$10.7M	$11.6M	0.17%	$84.6M
FY2023	$10.0M	$5.8M	0.12%	$83.2M
FY2022	$8.0M	—	0.06%	$76.7M
FY2021	$9.5M	—	0.08%	$76.7M
FY2020	$6.2M	—	0.06%	$65.2M
FY2019	$7.8M	—	0.08%	$77.1M
FY2018	$7.3M	—	0.08%	$68.5M
FY2017	$8.3M	—	0.10%	$67.3M
FY2016	$6.7M	—	0.08%	$73.3M

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, States (NST-EST2025-ALLDATA); U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC): Historical Dataset; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages, NAICS 7132 (Gambling industries)

Timeline

Oct 5, 2026 · Other · Pari-mutuel
KRGC licensing office reopens at Eureka Downs ahead of return of live racing[2]
Jul 14, 2026 · Compact Signed · Tribal casinos
Wyandotte Nation gaming compact amendment (incl. Crosswinds Casino, sports wagering hub-and-spoke model) deemed approved by operation of law; published in Federal Register[4]?
Dec 30, 2024 · Court Ruling · Skill games
Kansas Supreme Court rules POM of Kansas lacks standing to challenge treatment of "Dragon's Ascent" skill-game terminals[14]
Sep 1, 2022 · Launched · Sports (online)
Retail and online sports wagering launch in Kansas[1]
May 12, 2022 · Legalized · Sports (online)
Kansas legalizes retail and online sports wagering via amendments to KELA[1]
L. 2022, ch. 91
Jul 1, 2015 · Other · Charitable gaming
The Kansas Charitable Gaming Act replaces the Kansas Bingo Act and licenses charitable raffles as well as bingo[21],[23]
L. 2015, ch. 62
2015 · Legalized · Daily fantasy
Kansas excludes qualifying fantasy sports leagues from the definition of "bet" in its criminal gambling statutes[9]
L. 2015, ch. 62, § 19 (K.S.A. 21-6403(a)(9))
Dec 1, 2009 · Launched · Commercial casinos
Boot Hill Casino, the first KELA facility, opens in Dodge City[1]
Apr 19, 2007 · Legalized · Commercial casinos
Kansas Expanded Lottery Act enacted, authorizing state-owned destination casinos in four gaming zones[1]
L. 2007, ch. 110 (2007 SB 66)
Apr 19, 2007 · Legalized · Historical horse racing
Historical horse race machines authorized by statute as part of the Parimutuel Racing Act amendments[10]
L. 2007, ch. 110
Jan 1, 1987 · Legalized · Pari-mutuel
Kansas Parimutuel Racing Act enacted (L. 1987, ch. 112)[10]
L. 1987, ch. 112
1987 · Legalized · Lottery
Kansas Legislature enacts the Kansas Lottery Act[5],[7]
1987 · Launched · Lottery
Kansas Lottery begins ticket sales in 21 cities[7]
Nov 4, 1986 · Ballot Measure · Lottery
Kansas voters approve constitutional amendment authorizing a state-owned lottery[5]

Regulators

Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (KRGC) — Commercial casinos, Sports (retail), Sports (online), Pari-mutuel, Historical horse racing, Advance deposit wagering
Revenue reports · License list
Kansas Lottery — Lottery, iLottery, Commercial casinos, Sports (retail), Sports (online)

Sources

Kansas Expanded Lottery Act, 2023 Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A. 74-8733 et seq.) · Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (official compilation) · statute · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“include a provision for the state to receive not less than 22% of lottery gaming facility revenues...include a provision for the state to receive 10% of the sports wagering revenues”
Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission - Home · Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission · regulator page · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
cited for list of regulated casinos, HHR hall (Gilley's), and linked statute/regulation inventory
Kansas Tribal Gaming overview · TribalGaming.com (industry secondary source) · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Secondary-source overview of Kansas's 5 tribal gaming operations (Prairie Band Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri, Iowa Tribe, Wyandotte Nation), Prairie Band's 2024 retail sportsbook launch, and DFS's 2015 statutory skill-game exemption; not a government primary source, used per research-guide rules for facts not otherwise locatable in official sources reached this session.
Secondary reporting referencing Kansas AG Opinion 2025-11 and the 2026 Wyandotte Nation compact/Crosswinds Casino approval · Bonus.com / industry press aggregation (secondary) · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Could not directly fetch the Kansas AG opinion or the Federal Register notice this session; compact date (reported signed ~March 2026), "deemed approved by operation of law" status, and 2026-07-14 Federal Register publication are secondary-sourced only and should be re-verified against federalregister.gov or the Kansas AG's site when reachable.
Kansas Lottery Act · Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission · regulator page · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“The Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 to allow the Kansas legislature to provide for a State-owned and operated lottery”
2by2 Lottery Results and Information · LotteryUSA.com · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Confirms Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming as 2by2's four current participating state lotteries, run by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL); game launched in Kansas and Nebraska in June 2002.
Kansas Lottery · Wikipedia · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“In 1987, ticket sales for the Kansas Lottery began in 21 cities.”
PlayOn Kansas - Kansas Lottery · Kansas Lottery · regulator page · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
cited for eInstant online games, multistate draw games, PlayOn loyalty program, and 18+ age rule
K.S.A. 21-6403 — Gambling; definitions · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes · statute · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“a fantasy sports league as defined in this section”
Kansas Parimutuel Racing Act, 2023 Kansas Statutes Annotated (K.S.A. 74-8801 et seq.) · Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (official compilation) · statute · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Parimutuel wagering on historical horse races shall only be conducted by an organization licensee at a facility located in Sedgwick county and only through historical horse race machines”
Indiana Regulator Predicts 9 States Will Consider Sweeps Bans In 2026 · Sweepsy.com (industry tracker) · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Roundup of 2026 state sweepstakes-casino ban activity; does not list Kansas among enacting states.
Sweepstakes Casinos in Kansas · Lines.com (commercial gambling-affiliate site) · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Commercial source stating sweepstakes casinos are unrestricted by Kansas-specific legislation; used only as corroboration alongside sweepsy-2026-bans.
Kansas Regulators Have No Immediate Plans To Halt Sports Prediction Markets · Sports Betting Dime · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Quotes KRGC enforcement attorney James Bain; reported 2026-06-16. Should be re-checked for any KRGC position change after that date.
“not planning on sending cease-and-desist letters to prediction market platforms”
Kansas Supreme Court: 'Skill-gaming' company lacks standing in lawsuit against state regulators · Lawrence (KS) Times · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“the company lacks standing because it has not shown any credible threat of prosecution”
Legal Fundraising Alternatives · Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission · regulator page · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
lists non-wager fundraising alternatives
Kansas Statutes § 74-8718. Unlawful sale of lottery ticket; penalty · FindLaw (Thomson Reuters) codification of K.S.A. 74-8718 · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
FindLaw's mirror of the official Kansas statute (current as of Jan. 1, 2025 per the page's own currency note); the official kslegislature.gov statute pages returned 404s for this section during this session. Quoted fragment is from subsection (a)(2), which bars resale of lottery tickets by anyone other than the Kansas lottery or an authorized retailer; subsection (a)(4) separately bars retail ticket sales "by electronic mail, the internet or telephone."
“for any person other than the Kansas lottery or a lottery retailer authorized by the Kansas lottery”
Underdog Among 6 Fantasy Sports Apps Ordered To Leave Kansas · Legal Sports Report · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“I can confirm that we have sent out six cease-and-desist letters to date to various parties who may be in violation of Kansas law.”
Underdog Fantasy Returns to Kansas Under a New Format · Covers.com · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Secondary source only; reports Underdog's September 2024 return to Kansas under a peer-to-peer "Champions" format that KRGC's director of security said complies with the spirit of Kansas law.
Where is Online Horse Racing Betting Legal? Tracking All 50 States & Apps by Location · Action Network · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
Kansas-specific row from the page's state-by-state ADW platform availability table; page does not date-stamp its last update.
“TwinSpires: ✅ FanDuel Racing: ❌ TVG: ❌ DRF: ✅ AmWager: ✅ DraftKings Horse: ❌”
Kansas Horse Racing Betting · BettingUSA.com · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Secondary source only; describes online horse-racing wagering as available to Kansas residents 18+ despite inactive in-state tracks.
K.S.A. 75-5173 — Kansas charitable gaming act; definitions · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes · statute · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“"Charitable gaming" means bingo, including call bingo, and instant bingo and charitable raffles.”
K.S.A. 75-5179 — Kansas charitable gaming act; restrictions on charitable gaming · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes · statute · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
K.S.A. 79-4701 — Kansas Bingo Act (repealed) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes · statute · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“Repealed, L. 2015, ch. 62, § 24; July 1.”
Kansas Register — K.A.R. 112-201-1 Definitions (Sports Wagering) · Kansas Secretary of State / Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission · regulation · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Each of the following words and terms, when used in article 112-201, 112-202, and 112-203 of the Kansas racing and gaming commission's regulations, shall have the meaning specified in this subsection unless the context indicates otherwise.”
Kansas House committee testimony on sports wagering bill (2020) · Kansas Legislature · bill · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
Describes the sports-wagering bill's definition of "sports event" as excluding Parimutuel Racing Act races and events where a majority of participants are minors; does not address esports.
New Millionaire for Life(TM) Launches Feb. 22: Win Up To $1 Million Every Year for Life · Public Gaming International / MUSL · press · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
Lists the 31 participating jurisdictions (30 states plus DC), including Kansas.
“Millionaire for Life tickets will be on sale in the following lottery jurisdictions:”
K.S.A. 74-8711 — Lottery operating fund; deposits and expenditures; authorized uses of moneys in fund; transfers to state gaming revenues fund and other funds · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes · statute · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“not less than 30% of total monthly revenues from the sales of lottery tickets and shares”
Kansas Administrative Regulations, Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, Article 201 - General Provisions and Definitions (sports wagering) · Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission · regulation · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
cited for age-verification (21+), payment-method (credit cards allowed), and reserve-requirement rules (K.A.R. 112-201-1 through 112-201-8)
“debit and credit cards; online and mobile application payment systems that support online money transfers”
Certified Lottery Gaming Facility Managers · Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission · regulator page · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Kansas Entertainment, LLC: Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway; Boot Hill Casino Management Company, LLC: Boot Hill Casino and Resort; Kansas Star Casino, LLC: Kansas Star Casino; Kansas Crossing Casino, L.C.: Kansas Crossing Casino.”
Peninsula Gaming wins Kansas gaming facility bid · Dallas News · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Peninsula Gaming of Dubuque, Iowa chosen to build Kansas Star hotel, casino and equine center near Mulvane.”
Boyd Gaming in $1.45bn casinos acquisition · InterGame Online · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Boyd's announcement said the Peninsula Gaming deal would add Kansas Star Casino, Kansas; Diamond Jo Casino and Diamond Jo Worth in Iowa; and Evangeline Downs and Amelia Belle in Louisiana.”
Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board Chooses Casino Manager for Southwest Kansas (press release, Sept. 26, 2008) · Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board · government other · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“The Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board today selected Butler National Service Corporation to manage a state owned and operated gaming facility in Southwest Kansas. The vote was 5-2 in favor of the Boot Hill Resort and Casino.”
Kansas Legislature committee testimony (2021), Bruce Christenson · Kansas Legislature · government other · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Bruce Christenson, managing member of Kansas Crossing Casino, L.C., the Lottery Gaming Facility Manager for the Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel.”
Boot Hill Casino sports wagering partnerships · CasinoBeats · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Butler National has inked an agreement with DraftKings and Bally's via its wholly-owned subsidiary that manages Boot Hill Casino & Resort.”
Barstool Sportsbook Takes Marquee Partner For Kansas Sports Betting · Legal Sports Report · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Hollywood Casino is one of two casinos across the state which launched with both an in-person sportsbook as well as a mobile sportsbook partnership with Barstool Sports.”
Kansas Speedway renames NASCAR Cup race as Hollywood Casino announces sportsbook · AOL/press · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“The Sept. 11 NASCAR race was renamed the Hollywood Casino 400 presented by Barstool Sportsbook.”
Kansas Welcomes bet365 As Seventh Launched Sports Betting Operator · Sports Betting Dime · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“bet365 launched in Kansas on August 6, 2025, as the state's seventh licensed online sportsbook, operating independently without a retail casino partner.”
Kansas Sports Betting: PointsBet Given Green Light to Be Part of State's Soft Launch · Covers.com · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Kansas Crossing also offered BetMGM and Caesars for mobile betting, and Caesars planned a retail sportsbook inside the casino.”
Caesars Sportsbook launches in Kansas · Caesars Entertainment Investor Relations · filing · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Caesars Entertainment announced that its Caesars Sportsbook app was available for download in Kansas on September 1, 2022.”
Live Updates: Kansas Sports Betting Launches Today · Legal Sports Report · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Kansas sports wagering officially launched Sept. 1, 2022, with FanDuel tied to Kansas Star Casino and DraftKings tied to Boot Hill Casino.”
Fanatics Sportsbook launches operations in Kansas to mark 17th market entry since October 2023 · World Casino Directory · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Fanatics entered Kansas through its acquisition of PointsBet ... the launch was the operator's 17th state since it acquired PointsBet in October 2023.”
NIGC FY 2025 Gross Gaming Revenue Report · National Indian Gaming Commission · regulator report · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“FY 2025’s GGR of $46.2 billion marks the highest ever GGR for the Indian gaming industry.”
Kansas Lottery · Wikipedia · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“the first Kansas-owned casino opened in Dodge City in December 2009. Boot Hill Casino has approximately 580 slot machines and 13 table games”
List of casinos in Kansas · Wikipedia · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“7th Street Casino Kansas City Wyandotte Native American Owned by the Wyandotte Nation; Casino White Cloud White Cloud Doniphan Native American Owned by the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska”
Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway · Wikipedia · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“It opened on February 3, 2012 with it currently being operated by Penn Entertainment.”
Kansas Crossing Casino · Wikipedia · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“Kansas Crossing Casino opened to the public on March 31, 2017, then celebrated its grand opening on April 8, 2017”
Kansas Star Casino · Wikipedia · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“owned and managed by Boyd Gaming. The casino opened in a temporary facility on December 26, 2011”