Kansas was driving like a bat out of hell to get their mobile sportsbooks up before football season.
In May 2022, Governor Laura Kelly signed a bill into law making sports gambling legal. Their goal was to have everything operational before football season. This set the entire state into motion to achieve this. The goal was met, and legal bets were taken starting September 1st, 2022.
Wichita is the biggest city in Kansas with roughly 400,000 people. There are no major professional sports teams in the state. Many people think Kansas is the home to the Kansas City sports franchises, but those franchises play in Missouri. This means the three Division 1 programs get major local support. Kansas, Kansas State and Wichita State also have national brands.
The Sunflower State loves their sports, especially college athletics and basketball. Now, residents of Kansas can take this passion and make money through legal sports betting!
Yes, gambling is legal in Kansas. Governor Laura Kelly signed SB 84 into law in May 2022. September 1st, 2022 was the target date to launch the first legal bets. This goal was achieved, and everything was operation by that date before football season kicked off.
Currently, there are nine online sportsbooks operating within the state. There is a max number of 12 that can enter Kansas. There are currently four brick and mortar sportsbooks/casinos operated by the state and six tribal casinos.