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The structure of tax laws set for sports betting in Kansas let casinos write off significant promotional expenses, including their "free" wagers.
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The Senate had been moving at a glacial pace all week, imperiling major pieces of legislation for the GOP majority.
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With just a day left before the Missouri legislative clock runs out, some of the bills left unfinished include one to legalize sports betting, another to create an open enrollment system for public schools, and a ballot item to raise the threshold to amend the Missouri Constitution.
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The bills now move to the House. Meanwhile, legalizing sports betting is stalled in the Senate.
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The Missouri legislative session is more than halfway done, and many different bills affecting schools are making their way through the capitol.
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Supporters have tried since 2018 to legalize sports betting in Missouri, but the issue has become linked with video gaming terminals, which operate in a legal gray area in the state.
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Missouri Senators left for spring break a day early because of a Democratic filibuster on legislation that would bar transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming health care. That bill is expected to be debated this week.
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A Missouri Senate committee heard two bills on Wednesday that would legalize sports betting. Among those in support of the bills were representatives of all six of Missouri’s professional sports teams.
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Kansas Lottery officials expect to see a large spike in bets placed for the Super Bowl. But the state will only get a small amount of the revenue generated from the big game — if the state-owned casinos make any money at all.
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On the day the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals to earn their latest Super Bowl trip, 1,550 people tried and failed 4,571 times to place a bet on the game. Across Missouri, more than 136,000 transactions were blocked on game day.
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Wagers are well underway in Kansas under the state's new sports betting system. But taxable revenues from the industry have nearly disappeared, thanks to questionable deductions and the state's comparably small share of the profits.
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To expand sports betting across the U.S., gambling industry lobbyists used questionable arguments and lavished gifts and donations on state lawmakers — notably in Kansas. Meanwhile, the taxable revenue from those sports bets has nearly disappeared.