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 betting revenue and the 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 Kansas sports betting 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, December vs. November
| Total handle | Mobile Handle | Revenue (GGR) |
December | $240.739M | $235.772M | $22.087M |
November | $297.148M | $289.042M | $30.098M |
Change | Down 19.0% | Down 18.4% | Down 26.6% |
The final month of 2025 delivered dreary results across the board for Kansas sports betting operators, according to numbers that the Kansas Lottery reported on Jan. 15.
December’s overall sports betting handle in the Sunflower State was $240,738,711, down 19.0% from November ($297,147,683). And the Kansas mobile handle was $235,771,991, an 18.4% decline in a month-over-month comparison with November’s $289,042,122.
For the 12th month of 2025, the total revenue derived from sports betting decreased 26.6%, from November’s record $30,098,139 to $22,087,397 in December. Kansas mobile sports betting revenue was $21,186,722 in December, down 26.5% from the previous month ($28,834,445).
The tax rate is 10% on sports bets, so tax collections decreased by the same percentages as revenue. The state share of total sports betting taxes was $2,208,740 last month, compared with the record $3,009,814 collected in November. Of that, Kansas’ mobile sports betting taxes fell from November’s $2,883,445 to $2,118,672.
The top Kansas sports betting mobile operators by handle in December were DraftKings ($93,626,281), FanDuel ($83,635,267), BetMGM Kansas Sportsbook ($19,418,227), Fanatics ($12,961,542), bet365 ($10,357,907), Caesars ($10,152,136) and theScore ($5,620,631).
Kansas’ total sports betting handle increased 12% in a year-over-year comparison, from $2,546,011,854 in 2024 to $2,851,455,014 in 2025. The total sports betting revenue was $193,558,581 last year, up 51.9% from 2024’s total of $127,453,710.
Kansas Mobile Sports Betting History
Kansas Sports Betting Handle and Revenue FAQs
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 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 2025, Kansas 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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