1 Missouri Sports Betting Launch might Come Before Kansas Sportsbook Changes
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Missouri sports wagerers have crossed into Kansas for sports betting almost three years to place legal sports betting bets. Three years from now, Kansas residents might do the very same.
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Key takeaways

- Kansas lawmakers halted brand-new sportsbook license extensions till 2026, hinting at possible regulatory modifications that could impact its 6 legal operators after 2027.

- Missouri is set to introduce legal mobile sportsbooks in late 2025, possibly reversing cross-border betting patterns as Kansas wagerers might head east.

- Future modifications in Kansas might consist of a sole-operator design or tax walkings, affecting competitors and motivating wagerers to look for alternatives in Missouri.

Kansas sports betting background

Kansas released its first legal mobile sportsbooks in 2022. Six books now take bets: BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, ESPN BET, Fanatics and FanDuel.

The capability to place legal bets in Kansas brings in wagerers on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro area to Kansas to bet, with some doing so most or almost every day of the week.

That could alter if Kansas legislators upend the present regulatory structure. Sources tell Covers some lawmakers wish to increase the state's sports betting tax earnings, among the least expensive per capita of any of the 30 states with statewide legal mobile sportsbooks.

Kansas' likely reconsideration of its six-book legal sports betting market next year will come after Missouri goes cope with as numerous as a dozen books