Kansans will soon be able to legally place bets on their favorite sports teams. Governor Laura Kelly has signed a Bill into law to legalize sports gambling. The new law will allow people in the state to use cellphone or computer apps to bet on sporting events and to place bets at State-owned casinos, or up to 50 other locations chosen by each casino. Gambling will be legal beginning July 1st.
The measure dedicates most of the State’s share of revenues to efforts to lure professional sports teams from Missouri to Kansas. Supporters of the law say it was time to legalize sports betting, because people were already doing it. They also say it will help raise tax revenue.
The State estimates legal sports betting will bring in up to $10 million a year by 2025. Kansas joins dozens of other states that have made sports gambling legal in recent years.
