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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-8710

  • Commission: means the Kansas lottery commission. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Electronic gaming machine: means any electronic, electromechanical, video or computerized device, contrivance or machine authorized by the Kansas lottery that, upon insertion of cash, tokens, electronic cards or any consideration, is available to play, operate or simulate the play of a game authorized by the Kansas lottery pursuant to the Kansas expanded lottery act, including, but not limited to, bingo, poker, blackjack, keno and slot machines, and that may deliver or entitle the player operating the machine to receive cash, tokens, merchandise or credits that may be redeemed for cash. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the Kansas lottery. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Interactive sports wagering platform: means an integrated system of hardware, software and applications, including, but not limited to, mobile applications and servers, through which sports wagering may be made available to persons physically located within the state of Kansas at the time of submitting the wager to a sports wagering manager over the internet or wireless services as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Kansas lottery: means the state agency created by this act to operate a lottery or lotteries pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Lottery facility games: means any electronic gaming machines and any other games that are authorized to be conducted or operated at any licensed gaming facilities in the United States. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Lottery gaming facility: means that portion of a building used for the purposes of operating, managing and maintaining lottery facility games. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Lottery gaming facility manager: means a corporation, limited liability company, resident Kansas American Indian tribe or other business entity authorized to construct and manage, or manage alone, pursuant to a lottery gaming facility management contract with the Kansas lottery, and on behalf of the state, a lottery gaming enterprise and lottery gaming facility. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Major procurement: means any gaming product or service, including, but not limited to, facilities, advertising and promotional services, annuity contracts, prize payment agreements, consulting services, equipment, tickets and other products and services unique to the Kansas lottery, but not including materials, supplies, equipment and services common to the ordinary operations of state agencies. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Racetrack gaming facility: means that portion of a parimutuel licensee location where electronic gaming machines are operated, managed and maintained. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Sports wagering: includes , but is not limited to, single game wagers, teaser wagers, parlays, over-under wagers, moneyline wagers, pools, exchange wagering, in-game wagers, in-play wagers, proposition wagers, straight wagers and such other wagers approved by the commission. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Sports wagering revenues: means wagering revenue generated from sports wagering that is an amount equal to the total wagers less any voided wagers, federal excise taxes, free plays or other promotional credits and any amounts paid as prizes. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • state lottery: means the lottery or lotteries operated pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702

(a) The commission, upon the recommendation of the executive director, shall adopt rules and regulations governing the establishment and operation of a state lottery, sales of lottery tickets, the operation of lottery gaming facilities and racetrack gaming facilities and the operation of sports wagering as necessary to carry out the purposes of the Kansas lottery act and the Kansas expanded lottery act. Temporary rules and regulations may be adopted by the commission without being subject to the provisions and requirements of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 77-415 through 77-438, and amendments thereto, but shall be subject to approval by the attorney general as to legality and shall be filed with the secretary of state and published in the Kansas register. Temporary and permanent rules and regulations may include, but shall not be limited to:

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c), the types of lottery games to be conducted, including, but not limited to, instant lottery, online, traditional games, lottery facility games and electronic gaming machine games but not including games on video lottery machines or lottery machines.

(2) The manner of selecting the winning tickets or shares, except that, if a lottery game utilizes a drawing of winning numbers, a drawing among entries or a drawing among finalists, such drawings shall always be open to the public and shall be recorded on both video and audio tape.

(3) The manner of payment of prizes to the holders of winning tickets or shares.

(4) The frequency of the drawings or selections of winning tickets or shares.

(5) The type or types of locations at which tickets or shares may be sold.

(6) The method or methods to be used in selling tickets or shares.

(7) Additional qualifications for the selection of lottery retailers and the amount of application fees to be paid by each.

(8) The amount and method of compensation to be paid to lottery retailers, including special bonuses and incentives.

(9) Deadlines for claims for prizes by winners of each lottery game.

(10) Provisions for confidentiality of information submitted by vendors pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-8705, and amendments thereto.

(11) Information required to be submitted by vendors, in addition to that required by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-8705, and amendments thereto.

(12) The major procurement contracts or portions thereof to be awarded to minority business enterprises pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 74-8705(a), and amendments thereto, and procedures for the award thereof.

(13) Rules and regulations to implement, administer and enforce the provisions of the Kansas expanded lottery act. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, rules and regulations that govern management contracts and that are designed to: (A) Ensure the integrity of electronic gaming machines, other lottery facility games, sports wagering and the finances of lottery gaming facilities and racetrack gaming facilities; and (B) alleviate problem gambling, including a requirement that each lottery gaming facility and each racetrack gaming facility maintain a self-exclusion list by which individuals may exclude themselves from access to electronic gaming machines, other lottery facility games and sports wagering.

(14) The types of electronic gaming machines, lottery facility games and electronic gaming machine games to be operated pursuant to the Kansas expanded lottery act.

(15) Rules and regulations to implement, administer and enforce the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. 2023 Supp. 74-8781 through 74-8794, and amendments thereto. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to:

(A) Management contracts for sports wagering conducted by lottery gaming facility managers;

(B) provisions for the confidentiality of information submitted by an interactive sports wagering platform and lottery gaming facility managers;

(C) provisions ensuring the integrity of sports wagering conducted in this state;

(D) permitting each lottery gaming facility manager, or such manager’s contracted parties, including any approved interactive sports wagering platform, to have employees located outside the state of Kansas so that all job functions will conform with 18 U.S.C. § 1081 et seq.;

(E) permitting the establishment of online sports wagering accounts held by a lottery gaming facility manager as approved by the Kansas lottery and preestablished online accounts from other states to be accessed within the borders of Kansas so that revenue is recorded correctly and all other Kansas online rules are followed; and

(F) allowing lottery gaming facility managers to carry over negative amounts to returns filed for subsequent weeks when sports wagering revenues for a week are a negative number because the sum of the winnings paid to patrons wagering on the manager’s sports wagering plus all voided wagers and excise taxes on sports wagering paid pursuant to federal law exceeds the manager’s total bets accepted from sports wagering by patrons. The negative amounts of sports wagering revenues shall not be carried back to an earlier week, and moneys previously received by the lottery will not be refunded, except if the manager ceases to manage sports wagering and the last return reported negative adjusted gross receipts.

(b) No new lottery game shall commence operation after the effective date of this act unless first approved by the governor or, in the governor’s absence or disability, the lieutenant governor. This subsection shall not be construed to require approval of games played on an electronic gaming machine.

(c) The lottery shall adopt rules and regulations concerning the game of keno. Such rules and regulations shall require that the amount of time which elapses between the start of games shall not be less than four minutes.