Kansas Statutes 74-8782. Interactive sports wagering platforms, approval; graphical user interfaces, approval; line of credit prohibited; problem gambling information and tools required
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-8782
- Auto racetrack facility: means the same as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Commission: means the Kansas lottery commission. See Kansas Statutes 74-8702
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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 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
- Person: means any natural person, association, limited liability company, corporation or partnership. 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) Each lottery gaming facility manager shall be limited to three interactive sports wagering platforms that shall be approved by the executive director. Any interactive sports wagering platform approved by the executive director shall serve the public convenience and promote sports wagering in accordance with marketing plans developed by the Kansas lottery to offer sports wagers. Any lottery gaming facility manager may enter into a contract on behalf of the Kansas lottery with an approved interactive sports wagering platform. Any such contract shall be approved by the Kansas lottery. A lottery gaming facility manager shall only accept wagers placed through an interactive sports wagering platform from individuals who are physically located within the state of Kansas at the time of submitting the wager. Sports wagering conducted through the interactive sports wagering platform shall be offered only as approved by the Kansas lottery and in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas expanded lottery act.
(b) (1) Requests for approval of an interactive sports wagering platform submitted to the Kansas lottery shall be in such form and manner as prescribed by the executive director. The lottery gaming facility manager requesting approval shall provide such information regarding the interactive sports wagering platform and the manager’s intended use of such platform as the executive director deems necessary. All background investigation requirements required by the Kansas racing and gaming commission pursuant to the Kansas expanded lottery act shall be completed before the executive director shall consider approval and usage of any interactive sports wagering platform. The executive director shall issue a final decision regarding approval of an interactive sports wagering platform within 30 days after the date the request for approval was submitted and shall not unreasonably withhold approval of an interactive sports wagering platform that a lottery gaming facility manager requests to be approved for conducting sports wagering. Lottery gaming facility managers shall not be required to use the same interactive sports wagering platforms.
(2) On or before September 1, 2022, the executive director shall prescribe a process for submission of requests for approval and a process for approval of interactive sports wagering platforms and shall notify all lottery gaming facility managers of such processes.
(3) On or before August 1, 2022, the executive director of the Kansas racing and gaming commission shall prescribe a process for conducting background investigations of interactive sports wagering platforms and shall notify all lottery gaming facility managers of such process. The Kansas racing and gaming commission shall commence background investigations of interactive sports wagering platforms on or before August 15, 2022.
(c) A lottery gaming facility manager may apply to the Kansas lottery for approval of three additional graphical user interfaces specific to a professional sports team or auto racetrack facility that has a marketing agreement with such lottery gaming facility manager to be used to access an interactive sports wagering platform approved by the Kansas lottery.
(d) No lottery gaming facility manager shall provide a line of credit to any person engaged in sports wagering.
(e) A lottery gaming facility manager shall include information and tools to assist players in making responsible decisions and shall provide, at a minimum:
(1) Prominently displayed tools to set limits on the amount of time and money a person spends on any interactive sport wagering platform;
(2) prominently displayed information regarding compulsive gambling and ways to seek treatment and support if a person has a problem; and
(3) a person the ability to exclude the use of certain electronic payment methods if desired by the person.