1 Missouri Sports Betting Launch could Come Before Kansas Sportsbook Changes
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Missouri sports gamblers have crossed into Kansas for nearly 3 years to put legal sports bets. Three years from now, Kansas locals might do the same.
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Key takeaways

- Kansas legislators stopped brand-new sportsbook license extensions until 2026, meaning possible regulatory changes that might impact its 6 legal operators after 2027.
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- Missouri is set to release legal mobile sportsbooks in late 2025, potentially reversing cross-border wagering patterns as Kansas gamblers might head east.

- Future modifications in Kansas could include a sole-operator model or tax hikes, affecting competitors and motivating bettors to look for options in Missouri.
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Kansas sports wagering background

Kansas released its first legal mobile sportsbooks in 2022. Six books now take bets: BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings, ESPN BET, Fanatics and FanDuel.

The ability to position legal bets in Kansas brings in bettors on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro area to Kansas to bet, with some doing so most or almost every day of the week.

That could change if Kansas lawmakers upend the present regulative structure. Sources inform Covers some legislators wish to increase the state's sports betting tax earnings, among the most affordable per capita of any of the 30 states with statewide legal mobile sportsbooks.

Kansas' most likely reconsideration of its six-book legal sports betting market next year will come after Missouri goes live with as numerous as a dozen books