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

- Kansas legislators halted new sportsbook license extensions till 2026, meaning possible regulatory changes that might impact its six legal operators after 2027.
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- Missouri is set to introduce legal mobile sportsbooks in late 2025, possibly reversing cross-border betting trends as Kansas bettors might head east.

- Future changes in Kansas could include a sole-operator model or tax walkings, impacting competition and encouraging wagerers to look for options in Missouri.

Kansas sports betting wagering background
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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 brings in gamblers on the Missouri side of the Kansas City city area to Kansas to wager, with some doing so most or nearly every day of the week.

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

Kansas' most likely reconsideration of its six-book legal sports betting market next year will come after Missouri goes deal with as many as a lots books