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, December vs. November
| Total handle | Mobile Handle | Revenue (GGR) |
December | $261.280M | $252.842M | $8.786M |
November | $290.969M | $279.023M | $25.528M |
Change | Down 10.2% | Down 9.4% | Down 65.7% |
The month-over-month returns for Kansas sports betting operators were dismal in December, with a 10.2% drop in total handle and declines of 65.7% and 65.6% when it came to wagering revenue and taxes generated to end 2024.
That said, Kansas sportsbooks still finished 2024 with a new Sunflower State sports betting handle and revenue record, For the year, total handle (or bets accepted) hit $2,546,011,854 (up 20% from the year prior, at $2,121,564,412). And statewide revenue was up 27% year-over-year, from $100,395,614 in 2023 to $127,453,710 in 2024.
As for December, Kansas sportsbooks combined for a total handle of $261,279,554, according to numbers posted by the Kansas Lottery on Jan. 10, down 10.2% from November’s record total of $290,968,780. The mobile handle of $252,841,702 was down 9.4% month-over-month from the $279,022,900 reported in November, which also set a record.
Kansas sports betting revenue wrapped up December at $8,786,090, down 65.7% from November’s record sum of $25,527,777. The mobile sports betting revenue total of $8,711,052 was down 64.7% month-over-month from $24,654,605 in November.
Finally, Kansas sports betting taxes wrapped up December at $878,609, which represented a 65.6% slump from November’s total of $2,552,778. The state’s mobile sports betting tax bill of $871,105 was down 64.7% from the month prior, when Kansas took in $2,465,461 from online operators.
The top mobile sportsbooks in December were DraftKings Kansas Sportsbook, at $122,199,906, with FanDuel Sportsbook finishing No. 2 in the Sunflower State with a total handle of $79,113,794. Throw in BetMGM at $21,990,871, Fanatics Sportsbook at $14,019,214, ESPN BET ($13,304,811) and Caesars Sportsbook ($12,213,107) and you have the full scope of the state’s sports betting totals for the final month of the calendar year.
Kansas Mobile Sports Betting History
Kansas Sports Betting Handle and Revenue FAQs
In 2024, Kansas sportsbooks took in $2,546,011,854, up 20% from 2023's total of $2,121,564,412. The first full year of mobile wagering in the state was 2023. In 2022, the total handle was $718,777,213 for the first four months of operation in the state after Kansas launched on Sept. 1.
The Kansas Lottery has released monthly wagering reports on the same day that the agency’s commission meets each month. That's usually within two weeks of the previous month ending.
Kansas tax revenue from sports betting largely goes towards a fund to attract major league sports teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs to come to the state. The remainder goes toward the state’s general fund, benefiting anything from public education to infrastructure projects.
Mobile sports betting handle refers to the amount of money wagered on mobile or online apps, using phones, laptops or other online devices. Customers can often take advantage of Kansas sports betting promo codes when using these online operators. In Kansas, sports betting is done either at a retail location (at one of the four state-owned casinos) or on one of the six licensed online sportsbooks in the state (Barstool Sportsbook, BetMGM Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook, DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook and ESPN BET Kansas).
Handle is the terms used to refer to the amount of money wagered in a month. If a handle is reported as $350 million, that means that the operators in the state combined to accept that much money from people betting on sports. Revenue refers to what’s left over after winning bets are paid out; Kansas gaming revenue on sports is taxed based on the amount of adjusted gross revenue each month. In 2024, Kansas sportsbooks accounted for more than $127 million in revenue from sports betting.
Author
Christopher Boan is a lead writer at BetKansas.com specializing in covering state issues. He covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years.
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