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Kansan Gamblers Place 2.4M Legal Sports Bets in First 10 Days

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Kansan Gamblers Place 2.4M Legal Sports Bets in First 10 Days

Kansan Gamblers Place 2.4M Legal Sports Bets in First 10 days. Kansas Launched Legal sports betting on September 1.

Kansan gamblers placed 2.4 million legal sports bets in the first 10 days of the state's legal betting. The total bet amount exceeded $39 million.

Kansan Gamblers Place 2.4M Legal Sports Bets in First 10 Days.

Kansan Gamblers Place 2.4M Legal Sports Bets in First 10 Days. Lottery set up and executed the regulatory part of the state’s new legal sports betting market.

Kansan Gamblers Place 2.4M Legal Sports Bets in First 10 Days. State-owned casinos are allowed to partner up with three sportsbook partners each, but only half a dozen of those licenses have been taken.

There were no complaints on the part of the lottery, platforms and casinos. The credit card company was not processing transactions for 3-4 days.

Kansan lawmakers are monitoring Missouri for any progress in legal sports betting. Missouri has not launched its own legal betting market yet. The state leader set up a fund earmarked for the purpose of luring pro sports teams to the Sunflower State. Gamblers from Missouri have tried to illegally use the new Kansas Sportsbooks at least 340k times and have been blocked.

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