Missouri sports bettors have crossed into Kansas for nearly three years to place legal sports bets. Three years from now, Kansas residents may do the same.
Kansas launched its first legal mobile sportsbooks in 2022. Six books now take bets: BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, ESPN BET, Fanatics and FanDuel.
The ability to place legal bets in Kansas attracts bettors on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro area to Kansas to wager, with some doing so most or nearly every day of the week.
That could change if Kansas lawmakers upend the current regulatory structure. Sources tell Covers some lawmakers want to increase the state’s sports betting tax revenue, among the lowest per capita of any of the 30 states with statewide legal mobile sportsbooks.
