The state took in just under $130,000 in tax revenue from the four sportsbooks in its first month. Kansas’ sports betting program launched just in time for the Kansas City Chiefs’ season, which is set to fuel wagering activity. The figures appear to affirm that Missourians are crossing state lines to place bets in Kansas after that state failed to legalize sports betting before the NFL. The Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kansas, accounted for roughly $762,000 or 59% of the revenue statewide. Kansas’ four casinos, working with six sports betting platforms, brought in just under $1.3 million during the first month, according to. Sportsbooks in Kansas first launched on September 21, four months after Governor Laura Kelly signed the Legislature’s bill legalizing sports wagering into law.
Kansas casinos and betting platforms have brought in nearly $1.3 million in the first month of legal sports betting in the state with more than half coming from the casino in Kansas City, Kansas.
