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Kansas Hops Aboard Legal Sports Betting Legislation Bandwagon

Brett Smiley by Brett Smiley
January 29, 2018
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Kansas Sports Betting Bill Would Legalize Wagering at Not-Currently-Operating Racetracks, While Another Bill Would Help Racetracks Return

The shuttered Woodlands racetrack in Kansas City, KS

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The start of 2018 legislative sessions in statehouses across the country has seen our U.S. sports betting legislation tracker light up like the scoreboard at a Golden State Warriors game. The most recent state with a bill on the table that would legalize sports betting is Kansas.

Last week Kansas’s Committee on Federal and State Affairs introduced House Bill 2533 (HB 2533), which would make sports betting on professional and collegiate sports legal in Kansas — but only β€œon the premises of a racetrack gaming facility.”

Interestingly, currently in the state there are zero operational horse or greyhound tracks, both of which used to be quite popular in Kansas before becoming unprofitable. But an additional bill introduced one day after the sports betting measure, House BillΒ  2545 (HB 2545), indicates that there’s momentum to resurrect the shuttered racetracks, and sports betting would be an additional revenue source to keep them afloat.

Kansas Sports Betting Bill Would Legalize Wagering at Not-Currently-Operating Racetracks, While Another Bill Would Help Racetracks Return Β 

First here’s the language of the fairly lean HB 2553, which would become a part of theΒ Kansas Expanded Lottery Act (KELA) of 2007, which paved the way for three new casinos in the state.

Kansas Sports Betting Bill Would Legalize Wagering at Not-Currently-Operating Racetracks, While Another Bill Would Help Racetracks Return Β Not much doing there but there but viewed in conjunction with HB 2545 it makes sense. After efforts in recent years to reboot Kansas’s racing industry, it appears they’re giving it another crack. Here’s a couple explanatory provisions at the top of the bill:

WHEREAS, In light of the historic support for the availability of horse and dog racing in the state of Kansas, the long history and heritage of the greyhound and horse industry in the state and the support for the availability of electronic gaming machines at race facilities, this act is aimed at resurrecting these well-known and existing facilities;

WHEREAS, An economic study has estimated that passage of this act and the resulting capital investments in the racetracks will result in a significant number of new jobs and a significant increase in state and local tax revenue without the need for economic development incentives;

It all boils down to improving the Kansas economy, creating jobs and more tax revenue. This comes in the wake of a disastrous tax cutting plan in 2013 that knocked the business tax rate to 0% and ultimately created a massive budget shortfall.

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As for the sports betting, it would take place only at the tracks per (the current version of) HB 2533. β€œRacetrack gaming facilities” would handle at β€œlocations where electronic gaming machines are operated, managed and maintained.”

Which Tracks Are Coming Back and What About Casinos That Might Want Sports Betting?

The track likeliest to come back if the two house bills do pass is The Woodlands in Kansas City.Β It would be surprising if casinos, including the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, owned by the Nevada-based Boyd Gaming, does not cry foul over casino exclusion in the measure. That’s what lobbyists are for, although the legislature may simply be looking to avoid running afoul of existing compacts between commercial and tribal casinos.Β 

Although in the other corner is Woodlands’ new owner Phil Ruffin, also the owner of Treasure Island Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip. He bought the ol’ racetrack in hopes of reviving it as a racino.

The sports betting bill obviously needs more meat on the bones — HB 2533 is devoid of any regulatory framework for sports betting or mention of a tax rate — Β but it’s a start and yet another state flashing yellow.

Of course all of these states await a decision in Christie v NCAA, aka the Supreme Court Sports Betting case. If New Jersey (β€œChristie”) prevails, the 1992 federal law banning sports betting outside Nevada might be ruled wholly unconstitutional, opening the door for Kansas and a growing number of states. A decision is expected in April or May.


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Brett Smiley

Brett Smiley is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Sports Handle, which joined forces with the US Bets team in November 2018. He focuses on the sports betting industry and legislation. He's a recreational sports bettor and DFS player himself, focusing on the NFL. In a past life, Smiley practiced commercial litigation in New York City and previously wrote for FOX Sports and SI.com. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

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