All About Kansas Handle and Revenue From Sports Betting
The experts at BetKansas.com have assembled this guide to explain what we mean when we talk about betting revenue and sportsbook handle that the state reports each month.
The Kansas sports betting market is active with several online and retail options at brick-and-mortar casinos in the Sunflower State.
When reports refer to handle, that means the total money wagered each month on sports in the state. In Kansas, hundreds of millions of dollars monthly are bet on sporting events. From the time legal sports betting launched in September 2022 in Kansas, legal, regulated sports bets were placed with both online sportsbooks as well as in person at one of four physical casinos.
The vast majority of sports wagers are placed online by customers using Kansas sportsbook apps.
The Kansas online gambling revenue on sports refers to the amount that operators have left after they pay out winning bets. From there, bookmakers pay 10% tax to the state on the adjusted gross revenue.
Kansas Sports Betting, March vs. February
| Total handle | Mobile Handle | Revenue (GGR) |
March | $232.226M | $228.092M | $13.386M |
February | $189.978M | $186.676M | $14.206M |
Change | Up 22.2% | Up 22.2% | Down 5.8% |
The madness of March lent itself to sports betting in the Sunflower State.
March’s total sports betting handle in Kansas was $232,226,281, up 22.2% from February ($189,978,288), according to figures that the Kansas Lottery posted on April 9. That amount of total wagers accepted was down 6.5% from March 2025 ($248,409,034) in a year-on-year comparison.
Kansas’ mobile sports betting handle was $228,092,079 for the third month of 2026, a 22.2% increase from $186,676,456 in February in a month-over-month comparison, and down 5.6% from $241,680,254 reported 12 months earlier.
As for total sports betting revenue and taxes, the reverse trend held true: Figures fell compared to February but rose sharply compared to March 2025.
March’s total revenue in Kansas was $13,386,365, a 5.8% decline from $14,205,962 in February but 66.7% higher than the $8,030,319 figure one year earlier. Revenue derived from mobile sports betting decreased 5.3, from $13,686,967 the previous month to $12,964,884 in March. Last month represented a 64.8% rise from $7,865,751 in March 2025.
That drop in wagering revenue from February meant that Kansas’ total sports betting taxes (or the state share) was down 5.8% from February ($1,420,596) to March ($1,338,636). Taxes from mobile sports betting taxes finished March at $1,296,488, down 5.3% from February ($1,368,697).
Total taxes rose 66.7% from March 2025 ($803,032).
The top provider for mobile handle in March was DraftKings Kansas Sportsbook ($82,057,442), which has taken the most bets in all 41 months since the state launched its market. The other operators in handle were: FanDuel ($67,317,613), Fanatics ($24,364,658), bet365 ($21,081,445), BetMGM ($17,448,170), Caesars ($9,150,532) and theScore ($6,672,220).
Monthly Betting History for Kansas
Sports Betting Handle and Revenue FAQs for Kansas
In 2025, Kansas sportsbooks accepted $2,851,455,014 in wagers, a 12% increase over 2024, when the handle was $2,546,011,854. The first full year of mobile wagering in the state was 2023.
The Kansas Lottery has released monthly wagering reports on the same day that the agency’s commission meets each month. That's usually within two weeks of the previous month ending.
Kansas tax revenue from sports betting largely goes towards a fund to attract major league sports teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs to come to the state. The remainder goes toward the state’s general fund, benefiting anything from public education to infrastructure projects.
Mobile sports betting handle refers to the amount of money wagered using apps or online betting sites.
Handle is the term used to refer to the amount of money wagered. If a handle is reported as $350 million, that means that the operators in the state combined to accept that much money from people betting on sports. Revenue refers to what’s left over after winning bets are paid out; Kansas gaming revenue on sports is taxed based on the amount of adjusted gross revenue each month. In 2025, sportsbooks accounted for more than $193.5 million in revenue from sports betting.
Author
Christopher Boan is a lead writer at BetKansas.com specializing in covering state issues. He covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years.
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