STATE TRACKER · KS
Sweepstakes casinos in Kansas
Current status
No tracked explicit prohibition
We have found no state law that explicitly prohibits sweepstakes casinos here. That is an absence of a tracked prohibition, not an affirmative authorization.
There is no tracked prohibition here to act on. An operator's own terms still decide whether it will register you, and some exclude states that have taken no action at all, so read the terms we link on each review page. See the operators we track
- Sweeps Coins (SC) redemption
- No tracked prohibition
- Gold Coin (GC) free play
- Yes
- Minimum age
- 18+
- Age floor source
- Kan. Stat. Ann. § 38-101 (Period of minority)
PRIMARY-SOURCE NOTE
Kansas still defines a slot machine by its drum or reel after a rewrite died in committee
What the law does
The gambling sections our record cites do not mention online sweepstakes, so the question runs through the definitions in K.S.A. 21-64031. In that section a lottery is an enterprise in which participants give consideration for an opportunity to win a prize awarded by chance, and consideration is anything that is a commercial or financial advantage to the promoter or a disadvantage to any participant1. The section says mere registration without a purchase is not consideration1. The slot machine clause asks for a device "an essential part of which is a drum or reel with insignia thereon" that may deliver money or property by chance, and a second clause covers other devices built to remove or record accumulated credits or designed mainly for gambling1. Under K.S.A. 21-6406, knowingly conducting a lottery, or setting up a gambling device for use or collecting its proceeds, is commercial gambling3. Making a bet is the player's offense, under K.S.A. 21-64042.
What has happened since
The revisor's history line for 21-6403 still ends with L. 2022, ch. 911. SB 516, a bill exempting certain devices and contests from the crime of unlawful gambling, would also have rewritten those definitions, but it got no further than committee4. The Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs introduced it on February 24, 2026, the bill was referred to that committee the next day, and it died there on April 10, 20264. As introduced, it would have removed the drum or reel requirement from the slot machine clause and added any device offered for play in "an actual or simulated gambling program" for direct or indirect consideration56. A fiscal note dated April 28, 2026 recorded the Racing and Gaming Commission's statement that it would keep investigating illegal gambling6. Our event history for Kansas has no entries. None of the operators we track is recorded as excluding Kansas players, and no exit is on record.
What is still open
The text raises a question our record cannot answer. When a browser game draws spinning reels on a screen, is a drum or reel with insignia an essential part of a device, as the first slot machine clause in K.S.A. 21-6403 requires, or does the game fall to the second clause, which covers devices built to remove or record credits or designed mainly for gambling1? SB 516 would have struck the reel language and named simulated gambling programs outright, and because it died in committee the older wording is the text in force45. We hold no court ruling, attorney general opinion or commission action that reads either clause against an online dual-currency game.
- Enforcement search
- Our event history for Kansas is empty. The budget office's fiscal note on the failed bill records the Racing and Gaming Commission's statement that it would keep investigating illegal gambling, and the Kansas Lottery's reference to illegal gray machines in the state. Neither record names an online dual-currency operator.
- Question still open
- Whether a browser game that shows reels on a screen meets the Kansas requirement that a drum or reel with insignia be an essential part of a slot machine, or falls under the clause about removing accumulated credits, is answered by no court or agency record we hold.
Sources for this note
- K.S.A. 21-6403, gambling definitions (Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
- K.S.A. 21-6404, gambling (Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
- K.S.A. 21-6406, commercial gambling (Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
- SB 516 (2026) bill page and legislative history (Kansas Legislature) accessed Sep 28, 2026
- SB 516 (2026) as introduced, bill text (Kansas Legislature) accessed Sep 28, 2026
- Fiscal note for SB 516, Kansas Division of the Budget, April 28, 2026 accessed Sep 28, 2026
Sources rechecked 2026-09-28. Next scheduled review 2026-12-27.
What the law says
Player-side gambling is a class B nonperson misdemeanor (K.S.A. 21-6404(b)). Operator-side, commercial gambling: including conducting a lottery: is a severity level 8 nonperson felony (K.S.A. 21-6406(b)(1)). These apply only if a sweepstakes is recharacterized as a lottery or betting scheme.
Operators and Kansas
121 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as accepting Kansas players, and 13 of those are rated trusted.
No operator we track is recorded as excluding Kansas players.
Highest Trust Scores among the operators recorded as accepting Kansas:
How this classification was reached
Show the record, the citation and the method
What the Kansas classification rests on
- Source date
- Not recorded
- Last human review
- June 11, 2026
- Effective date
- Not recorded
- Basis of classification
- statutory
Where the operator counts come from
Of the 121 acceptance records, 38 cite the operator's own terms or rules, 10 come from a backfill of the operator's terms, 1 comes from the operator's site configuration, 13 are inferred because the terms do not list Kansas, 56 come from our bulk backfill without a terms citation and 3 reflect site availability with no observed Sweeps Coins program.
Citation as stored
Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-6403 (definitions: bet, lottery, consideration), 21-6404 (gambling), 21-6406 (commercial gambling).
Primary sources on file
Method
Methodology · Corrections · Changelog · How to read a state page
Kansas questions
Are sweepstakes casinos legal in Kansas?
We have found no state law that explicitly prohibits sweepstakes casinos here. That is an absence of a tracked prohibition, not an affirmative authorization. Authority: Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-6403.
Would Kansas SB 516 have changed how the gambling statutes treat online slot-style games?
As introduced on February 24, 2026, it would have struck the drum or reel requirement from the slot machine definition in K.S.A. 21-6403 and added devices offered for play in an actual or simulated gambling program for consideration. It died in the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs on April 10, 2026, so the existing definition still applies.
Which operators accept Kansas players?
121 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as accepting Kansas players, and 13 of those are rated trusted. No operator we track is recorded as excluding Kansas players. The leaderboard filtered to Kansas lists every one. Leaderboard filtered to Kansas →
This page is information, not legal advice. Laws and thresholds change quickly, so confirm with the operator and your state attorney general before depositing, or consult a lawyer. Last verified June 11, 2026. Send a correction.