All About Kansas Sports Betting Handle And Revenue

The experts at BetKansas.com have assembled this guide to explain what we mean when we talk about Kansas sports betting revenue and sportsbook handle that the state reports each month.

There is an active market with many online or mobile operators as well as a growing number of retail sports wagering options at brick-and-mortar casinos in the Sunflower State.

When reports refer to handle, that means the total money wagered each month on sports in the state. In Kansas, hundreds of millions of dollars monthly are bet on sporting events. From the time legal sports betting launched in September 2022 in Kansas, legal, regulated sports bets were placed with both online sportsbooks as well as in person at one of four physical casinos.

The vast majority of sports wagers are placed online by customers using Kansas sportsbook apps.

The Kansas online gambling revenue on sports refers to the amount that operators have left after they pay out winning bets. From there, bookmakers pay 10% tax to the state on the adjusted gross revenue.

Kansas Sports Betting, November vs. October

Kansas Sports Betting Handle and Revenue: November 2024

The penultimate month of the year delivered historic results for sports betting operators in Kansas. The state set new highs across the board: handle, sports betting revenue and taxes, both for mobile and total (online plus retail combined) figures

Overall, Kansas sportsbooks took in $290,968,780 worth of total handle, or wagers accepted, in November. That was a 5.5% jump from October’s total of $275,916,403, which also happened to be the previous record high for the Sunflower State, according to figures from The Kansas Lottery website.

As far as mobile wagers were concerned, Kansas sportsbooks finished November at $279,022,900, up 4.8% from October’s sum of $266,311,214, which was the state’s previous record high.

Kansas sports betting revenue finished November at $25,527,777, up 417.2% from October’s total of $4,983,554. That broke the statewide mark of $20,052,619, which had stood since December 2023.

The Sunflower State’s mobile sports betting revenue total of $24,654,605 in November also broke the previous high of $19,243,658 set in December 2023, and rose 430.7% from October’s sum of $4,645,482, illustrating just how historic of a month Kansas sportsbooks had overall.

Tax dollars generates from sports betting in Kansas rose by the same percentages as revenue (the state imposes a tax of 10% on both mobile and retail wagers). So total taxes from sportsbooks rose from $498,355 the previous month to $2,552,778 in November, while mobile taxes spiked from $464,548 to $2,465,461. Again, those November figures both broke record set in December 2023 ($2,005,261 and $1,924,366, respectively).

When broken down by total handle market share, Boston-based DraftKings Kansas Sportsbook was king during November, with a total handle of $128,052,986. That beat out FanDuel Sportsbook ($86,541,889), BetMGM ($26,278,651), Caesars ($13,249,854), Fanatics ($12,550,712) and ESPN BET ($12,348,808).

Kansas Mobile Sports Betting History