All About Kansas Sports Betting Handle And Revenue
The experts at BetKansas.com have assembled this guide to explain what we mean when we talk about Kansas sports betting revenue and sportsbook handle that the state reports each month.
There is an active market with many online or mobile operators as well as a growing number of retail sports wagering 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, July vs. June
| Total handle | Mobile Handle | Revenue (GGR) |
July | $173.873M | $171.166M | $10.494M |
June | $185.151M | $181.732M | $17.249M |
Change | Down 6.1% | Down 5.8% | Down 39.2% |
The typical mid-summer sports betting swoon bit Kansas wagering operators in July. The sports betting handle fell somewhat and revenue dropped sharply in the Sunflower State in a month-over-month comparison with June, underpinning the slowdown that comes from not having football to bet on.
Overall, Kansas’ total sports betting handle in July was $173,872,672, down 6.1% from June ($185,151,156), while the state’s mobile sports betting handle of $171,166,091 was down 5.8% from June ($181,732,151), according to figures that the Kansas Lottery posted on Aug. 14.
While the drop in wagering handle was noticeable, the state’s total sports betting revenue was a downright plummet. That figure declined 39.2%, going from $17,248,596 in June to $10,494,293 in July. For mobile sportsbook apps, revenue was $10,215,762 last month, a 39.5% decrease from $16,882,901 in June.
Total sports betting taxes (state share) decreased by the same respective percentages. The state collected $1,049,429 in July, down from $1,724,860 in the previous month; mobile sports betting taxes (state share) totaled $1,021,576, compared to June’s $1,688,290.
The top mobile sports betting handles by provider in Kansas during July were DraftKings ($58,627,325), BetMGM ($53,432,225), FanDuel ($36,916,446), Fanatics ($10,622,123), Caesars Sportsbook ($6,995,136), ESPN BET ($4,518,705) – plus, making its Kansas debut, bet365, which reported $54,131 in handle. The official launch date for the worldwide wagering goliath’s statewide product, bet365 Kansas Sportsbook, was Aug. 6, though some online wagering was reported during the seventh month of the year for the seventh operator in the state.
Kansas Mobile Sports Betting History
Kansas Sports Betting Handle and Revenue FAQs
In 2024, Kansas sportsbooks took in $2,546,011,854, up 20% from 2023's total of $2,121,564,412. The first full year of mobile wagering in the state was 2023. In 2022, the total handle was $718,777,213 for the first four months of operation in the state after Kansas launched on Sept. 1.
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 on mobile or online apps, using phones, laptops or other online devices. Customers can often take advantage of Kansas sports betting promo codes when using these online operators. In Kansas, sports betting is done either at a retail location (at one of the four state-owned casinos) or on one of the six licensed online sportsbooks in the state (Barstool Sportsbook, BetMGM Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook, DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook and ESPN BET Kansas).
Handle is the terms used to refer to the amount of money wagered in a month. 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 2024, Kansas sportsbooks accounted for more than $127 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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