Barstool, Caesars, DraftKings Among Operators Approved for Kansas Sports Betting
Regulated sports wagering debuts inward Kansas River on Sept. 1 with peregrine betting next on Sept. 8. In gain of those launches, the KS Lottery proclaimed the initial flock of operators sanctioned in the state.
Those gaming companies are as follows: Barstool Sportsbook, BetMGM, Caesars Sportsbook, DraftKings, FanDuel and PointsBet.
After Governor Laura Kelly’s announcement last-place hebdomad that sports wagering inwards KS testament commence with a soft set in motion starting at twelve noon on Thursday, September 1st, followed past a total curtain raising on Sept 8th, the Sunflower State Lottery is pleased to annunciate which sports wagering platforms will be useable to the public on set in motion day,” according to a statement issued by Kaw River Lottery.
Under the terms of the of late signed legislation, for each one state-regulated gambling casino will follow eligible to opened brick-and-mortar sportsbooks spell offering upward to deuce-ace nomadic betting platforms.
Kansas Capturing Football Season
Kansas bettors will follow able-bodied to position wagers at retail sportsbooks starting Sept. 1, signification they tin can wager on that weekend’s ticket of college football game games, should they so choose. The commercial casinos inwards Kaw River are Boyd Gaming’s Sunflower State Star, Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood, and the Prairie Band Casino & Resort. The Golden Eagle is a tribal gaming venue.
When sports wagering debuts inward the res publica on Sept. 1, the clip from passage of legislating to going unrecorded and legal will follow to a lesser extent than 90 days. To date, that’s a register since the 2018 Supreme Court ruling on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA).
With the Sept. 1 go date, Kansas River testament only when live without mobile wagering for 1 calendar week of the 2022 college football time of year and will seizure all of this year’s NFL campaign. That’s relevant to nation coffers because football is the to the highest degree wagered on sport inward the US.
Forecasts indicate sports betting could create $1 billion to $5 gazillion in new revenue for Kansas.
Exploring KS Sports Betting Partnerships
Not surprisingly, Penn Entertainment’s Hollywood Casino inwards KS City testament have a Barstool Sportsbook and that testament follow the operator’s wandering platform as well. Penn Entertainment owns Barstool Sports.
FanDuel — the largest online sportsbook operator inward the US — is partnering with Sunflower State Star Casino. Boot Hill Casino and Resort inwards Dodge City is teaming upward with DraftKings.
“Kansas Crossing Casino inward Pittsburg testament offer mobile sports betting through and through BetMGM, Caesars, and PointsBet, with an in the flesh(p) sports wagering engagement to live proclaimed inwards the close future. In the interim, players are ease receive to see Kansas Crossing Casino and come in wagers via a wandering application while there,” according to Kaw River Lottery.