The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission

700 SW Harrison Street
Suite 500
Topeka, KS 66603
785-296-5800
Website

The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission (KRGC) is the agency empowered by the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act (KELA) to regulate casino-style gaming, sports betting, and pari-mutuel wagering in Kansas. The KRGC is made up of a board of five commissioners that meet monthly to conduct regulatory business for gaming in Kansas. Each commissioner is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state legislature to serve a four-year term with the possibility of reappointment.

The KELA also created the Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board (LGFRB) to review applications and determine the “best possible contract” in the four gaming zones. The LGFRB is a subdivision of the Kansas Racing & Gaming Commission. The LGFRB consists of seven members: three appointed by the governor, two appointed by the president of the Kansas Senate, and two appointed by the speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives. The governor chooses which member becomes chairman of the board. Not more than four members of the board shall be members of the same political party. The LGFRB was disbanded in 2011 but was reconstituted in 2014 to review applications for the southeast gaming zone, the last open gaming zone, which was awarded in 2015.

AVAILABLE GAMING LICENSES
Lottery Gaming Facility
Gaming Supplier License
Non-Gaming Supplier License

For more information on available gaming licenses, see Regulatory Fact Sheet.

Tribal gaming commissions, created by the operating tribe, are responsible for licensing and regulating Class III gaming pursuant to tribal-state compacts and tribal law. Currently, four tribes in Kansas operate Class III gaming under compacts with the state:

• Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
• Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
• Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; and
• Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas Nebraska.

The Kansas State Gaming Agency (KSGA) is the state gaming agency responsible for oversight of Class III gaming conducted in Kansas. Among other things, the KSGA may:

• Examine and inspect tribal gaming facilities;
• If allowed under the compact, review any licensing and disciplinary action taken by tribal gaming commissions; and
• Perform all functions and duties required to comply with and ensure tribal compliance with compacts.

The compacts require the KSGA and tribal gaming commissions to meet on a quarterly basis to review past practices and evaluate the best way to regulate the casinos moving forward.

Tribes may enter into management contracts for the operation and management of Class III gaming activities as authorized under IGRA.

The compacts will remain in effect in perpetuity unless deemed invalid, terminated by the mutual consent of the tribes and the state, or a tribe adopts a resolution revoking its authority to conduct Class III gaming.

Under the Compacts, tribes are allowed to conduct Class III gaming on their reservations, but may not conduct pari-mutuel wagering, off-track betting, sports betting, club keno, or state-wide lottery gaming.

AVAILABLE GAMING LICENSES
Management Contractor License
Manufacturer/Distributer License

For more information on available gaming licenses, see Regulatory Fact Sheet.

TAX RATE
The state lottery must receive at least 27 percent of lottery gaming facility revenues. For more information, see Regulatory Fact Sheet.

TAX PROMOTIONAL CREDITS
Promotional credits are tax free.

WITHHOLDINGS ON WINNINGS
5% of the proceeds paid (amount won less the amount bet)

TAX ALLOCATION
Gaming taxes in the state are allocated to fund state debt reduction, infrastructure improvements and property tax relief.

REVENUE SHARE
The tribes do not share any revenue with the state. However, all operating expenses for the KSGA must be paid by tribes from a fund created in the state treasury called the Tribal Gaming Fund.

TAX PROMOTIONAL CREDITS
No

WITHHOLDINGS ON WINNINGS
Yes

TRIBAL USE OF REVENUE
Requirements as described in IGRA.

STATUTORY FUNDING REQUIREMENT
The problem gambling and addictions grant fund receives 2% of lottery gaming facility revenues.

SELF-EXCLUSION
The Voluntary Exclusion Program offers problem gamblers two options for exclusion: a lifetime ban or a two-year ban.

COMPLIMENTARY ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
None

ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS
Advertisements shall be based on fact and shall not be false, deceptive or misleading.

All on-site advertisements must comply with the facility’s responsible gaming plan.

ON-PREMISE DISPLAY REQUIREMENT
Any lottery gaming or racetrack gaming facility shall post one or more signs at the location that operates electronic gaming machines or lottery facility games.

AGE RESTRICTIONS
21+ years old to gamble
21+ years old on floor

STATUTORY FUNDING REQUIREMENT
None

SELF-EXCLUSION
None

COMPLIMENTARY ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
No alcoholic beverages can be served or consumed on any gaming floor. Additionally, no alcohol may be consumed in the gaming floor between the hours of 2 am and 9 am.

ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS
None

ON-PREMISE DISPLAY REQUIREMENT
None

AGE RESTRICTIONS
Persons must be 21 to place any wager, directly or indirectly, on any gaming activity.

OPERATION ON HOLIDAYS
Tribes can operate on holidays.

TESTING REQUIREMENTS
Each machine must be tested and approved by the KRGC.

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REQUIREMENTS
Federal compliance regulations.

RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
None

CREDIT OFFERED TO PATRONS
None

SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS
KRGC must approve – 15-day notice required.

SMOKING BANS
No

CASHLESS GAMING & ALTERNATIVE PAYMENTS
Yes. However, cryptocurrency is not currently accepted as a form of payment for gambling transactions.

TESTING REQUIREMENTS
All electronic gaming devices must be tested by a gaming test laboratory

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REQUIREMENTS
Federal compliance requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act.

SHIPPING REQUIREMENTS
Federal shipping requirements under the Johnson Act apply.

RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Yes

CREDIT OFFERED TO PATRONS
Gaming on credit shall be limited to checks, wire transfers, bank credit cards and bank money machine cards

SMOKING BANS
No.

CASHLESS GAMING & ALTERNATIVE PAYMENTS
Yes. However, cryptocurrency is not currently accepted as a form of payment for gambling transactions.