Regulations on sports wagering in Kansas are being put into place this week.
On Friday, the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission is deciding on some of the regulatory rules concerning sports wagering.
The Kansas Lottery Commission on Wednesday passed some regulations on sports wagering.
The new regulations it passed included rules for market agreements, advertising, prohibited events, retail sports wagering rules and other topics.
Lottery Executive Director Stephen Durrell said at the Wednesday Lottery Commission meeting that they have been working on the rules for sports wagering for several months.
Before they go live with the wagering, they are entering into amendments of contracts authorizing sports wagering, he said. The state will approve individual platforms and the agreements that are entered into, he added.
Under the state laws governing sports wagering, in Kansas the state casinos may offer sports wagering. Some retail shops in Kansas also may offer sports wagering.
Durrell said a lot of casinos are using one entity to offer different forms of sports wagering. The KRGC will be doing background investigations on all platforms that are requested, Durrell said.
He said the state is closer to a final agreement with the casinos on sports wagering.
The Lottery Commission is working on platform contracts from the casinos that they intend to use, he said. Some of those contracts have been received by the state, while they were still waiting on others, he added.
Durrell said they did not know the specific launch date for sports wagering yet.
In response to a question from a Lottery commissioner, a Lottery official said there is a rule that passed that all sports wagers would have to be made physically within the boundaries of the state of Kansas.
The Lottery official said that geo-sensing could be used to determine where the bettor is located. Managers are required by regulations and through contracts with platform providers to make sure bettors are placing a bet through one of the interactive sports wagering platforms, he said.
If a bettor goes to Missouri or Florida, he would not be allowed to place a bet through the Kansas casino managers, according to the Lottery official.
In other reports Wednesday at the Lottery Commission meeting, the Hollywood Casino in Wyandotte County reported $13.25 million in gaming revenues for July. It was the best July ever for the casino gaming revenues, Lottery officials said.
It was also the best July ever for Boot Hill Casino in Dodge City, Kansas, and Kansas Crossing Casino in the Pittsburg, Kansas, area, officials said. Boot Hill was just short of $4.5 million for the month, while Kansas Crossing was $3.7 million. Kansas Star Casino near Mulvane, Kansas, reported just under $14.5 million for the month of July.
Lottery officials said that July had five Fridays, five Saturdays and five Sundays, resulting in higher than usual revenues.