Kansas Statutes 74-8781. Authorization of sports wagering by Kansas lottery; limitations
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-8781
- 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
- Marketing agreement: means an agreement entered into between a professional sports team or other marketing entity and a lottery gaming facility manager for the purposes described in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Marketing entity: means :
(1) A corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other business entity registered to do business in this state; or
(2) a nonprofit fraternal or veterans organization. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Primary facility: means the stadium or arena where a professional sports team hosts competitive games in accordance with such team's league rules. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Professional sports team: means an athletic team, whose primary facility is located in Kansas, that operates at the major league level in the sport of baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey or soccer. 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
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Sports wagering shall only be conducted in this state in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas lottery act and the Kansas expanded lottery act.
(b) The Kansas lottery may offer sports wagering through one or more lottery gaming facility managers that have contracted with the Kansas lottery in accordance with the Kansas expanded lottery act to manage sports wagering on behalf of the Kansas lottery, including, but not limited to, sports wagering over the internet through websites and mobile device applications, through interactive sports wagering platforms approved by the Kansas lottery and the use of any such platform at the primary facility of a professional sports team or other marketing entity pursuant to a marketing agreement entered into between the lottery gaming facility manager and the professional sports team or other marketing entity in accordance with Kan. Stat. Ann. 2023 Supp. 74-8784, and amendments thereto.