WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission took a step on Friday to legalize sports gambling in the state. The commission unanimously approved regulations for sports betting during its meeting Friday in Topeka.
Sports betting radio show host Alex Gold says today is a promising step in the right direction.
“Now it will go to the attorney general‘s office to move forward. Last week the Kansas Lottery passed some similar regulations,” Gold said.
The agenda states that the commission is tasked with clarifying specific language related to sports betting. The regulation also describes the duties of ticket writers when they start their shift, among other things. This comes at a time when many sports fans are looking to fall.
“It is possible that we can add Kansas to bet on football this NFL season. In fact, there is a lot of optimism that it can happen by the beginning of week one of the NFL season,” Gold said.
He said next, we’ll likely see sports betting apps approved for Kansans.
“At this time, six applications are going through the final approval stage. The state allows 12 potential operators throughout the country. This is about mobile applications on your phone,” said Gold.
For now, these regulations are temporary, and Gold says it will only speed up the process for fans.
“They must have the final regulation in place by 2023. This is some workaround to get it up and quickly to allow the temporary regulation to be put in place,” said Emas.
There is currently no launch date set for betting to begin, but Gold believes it is not far off.
“For this football season, we hope for clarity next week. This will be when exactly the launch date can be,” said Gold.
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