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, September vs. August
| Total handle | Mobile Handle | Revenue (GGR) |
September | $283.742M | $277.633M | $8.216M |
August | $189.803M | $186.808M | $12.472M |
Change | Up 49.5% | Up 48.6% | Down 34.1% |
The return of college and NFL football meant big bucks for Kansas sports betting regulators and operators alike in September, according to figures that the Kansas Lottery reported on Oct. 10.
The total sports betting handle for the month was $283,742,310, up 49.5% from August ($189,802,925), with a mobile sports betting handle that finished at $277,632,579, up 48.6% from $186,808,315 in August.
But that surge in September sports betting led to a decline in total sports betting revenue during September. Customers got the better of operators during the ninth month of the year, to a degree, with Sunflower State operators taking in $8,215,618. That was a 34.1% decrease in a month-over-month comparison with August ($12,472,230). The mobile sports betting revenue dropped 36.2%, from $11,922,508 the previous month to $7,607,924 for September.
That sharp drop in wagering revenue meant that Kansas’ total sports betting taxes (state share) finished at $821,562 last month, down 34.1% from August ($1,247,223). Similarly, taxes derived from mobile sports betting taxes (state share) fell 36.2%, from $1,192,251 to $760,792.
In September, the operator breakdown for mobile handle was: DraftKings ($118,358,120), FanDuel ($89,004,769), BetMGM Kansas ($24,240,827), Fanatics ($15,443,570), bet365 ($11,831,139), Caesars ($10,674,109) and ESPN BET ($8,080,045). The bet365 Kansas sportsbook, offered via Kansas Star, launched in August.
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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