Kansas House to vote on sports betting legislation
The Kansas House of Representatives plans to vote on new legislation that would legalise online and retail sports betting
US.- The state of Kansas could move to legalise online and retail sports betting. The state’s House Federal and State Affairs Committee has introduced a proposal to expand the state’s existing lottery act to allow the Kansas Lottery to offer sports betting through one or more lottery gaming facility operators.
Each lottery gaming facility manager would be limited to operating three interactive sportsbooks, while also being allowed to trade with one approved interactive sportsbook, subject to Kansas Lottery approval. Licences for sports betting would be valid for two years, although lotteries could issue temporary licences for up to one year.
The bill establishes that the cost of licenses would be determined at a later date. However, it proposes a tax rate of 20 per cent on sports betting revenue they earned from online betting. Sports teams in Kansas would be allowed to make deals with lottery operators for marketing campaigns.
The bill does not specify a possible start date but would go into effect after it is published in the state’s statute book. A similar bill was introduced last year but it failed the House.
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