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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-8756

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Parimutuel licensee: means a facility owner licensee or facility manager licensee under the Kansas parimutuel racing act. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
  • Person: means any natural person, association, limited liability company, corporation or partnership. 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

(a) Wagers shall be received only from a person at the location where the electronic gaming machine or lottery facility game is authorized pursuant to the Kansas expanded lottery act. No person present at such location shall place or attempt to place a wager on behalf of another person who is not present at such location.

(b) No employee or contractor of, or other person who has any legal affiliation with, a racetrack gaming facility manager shall loan money to or otherwise extend credit to patrons of the parimutuel licensee.

(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided, no employee or contractor of, or other person who has any legal affiliation with, a lottery gaming facility manager shall loan money to or otherwise extend credit to patrons of a lottery gaming facility.

(2) A patron of a lottery gaming facility may fund an account held by a lottery gaming facility manager for the payment of sports wagers and pay for sports wagers through the use of:

(A) Cash and cash equivalents;

(B) electronic bank transfers of money, including transfers through third parties;

(C) bank and wire transfers of money;

(D) debit and credit cards;

(E) online and mobile application payment systems that support online money transfers;

(F) promotional funds provided by a lottery gaming facility manager; and

(G) any other payment method approved by the Kansas lottery.

(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit any lottery gaming facility manager from obtaining insurance or check guarantee services to protect against any loss as a result of any check that is returned or otherwise not honored due to a stop payment order or nonsufficient funds.

(d) Violation of this section is a class A nonperson misdemeanor upon a conviction for a first offense. Violation of this section is a severity level 9, nonperson felony upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense.