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With three casinos now operating, the Kansas Lottery is doing its part to make the state a destination experience   [more]

It’s not just the land of ruby slippers and Toto anymore – Kansas now has a lot more to offer than ever before. Thanks to legislative efforts that began more than two decades ago, and which finally reached fruition in 2007, the Kansas Lottery is now the proud owner of the gaming operations at three casinos in the state. The two largest opened just recently, and they will significantly increase the amount of revenue raised for good causes.  [more]

The Kansas Lottery is the first U.S. lottery to begin its experience in the expanded gaming arena with complete casino operations from the start. Several others run video lottery terminals or slot machines, and two of those (Delaware and West Virginia) eventually added table games.   [more]

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, the Lottery’s traditional games have produced nearly $1.2 billion in revenues to support state causes from its inception in 1987 through fiscal 2011. In the past year alone, $70 million went to the state.   [more]

“The Lottery is a very important revenue engine for this state,” said Executive Director Dennis Wilson, “even though we only carry a very small part of the total budget. Every dollar we raise is a dollar the state doesn’t have to get through increased taxes and fees. I’m proud of that and everybody who is associated with the Lottery is proud of that.”   [more]

The casinos bring in even more revenues, considerable revenues, in fact, now that the two largest are up and running.

Boot Hill Casino & Resort in Dodge City was Kansas’ first casino to open in December 2009. The small casino currently has 584 slot machines and 16 gaming tables. From its opening through January 2012, Boot Hill generated $86 million in total gaming revenue. From that amount, $18.9 million was sent to the state through the 22 percent gaming tax; almost $2.6 million went to local governments (three percent of gaming revenue); and $1.7 million went to the Problem Gambling & Addictions Grant Fund (two percent).   [more]

And there’s a lot more to come from the two new casinos. Kansas Star Ca- sino, in Mulvane near Wichita, opened during the holidays in its interim facility with 1,310 slot machines and 32 table games. In January alone, Kansas Star brought in $3.4 million in state revenue. And just a few weeks after it opened in late December, Kansas Star is adding an additional 100 slot machines, three more table games and a five-table dedicated poker room. Ultimately, the Kansas Star property will also include an equestrian arena and events center.  [more]

The biggest casino of them all, Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway, opened February 3. It has 2,000 slot machines and 52 table games, and is located in Kansas City, the state’s largest metropolitan market. That said, it is also a very competitive market, with several riverboat casinos just the other side of the state line in Missouri.  [more]

Revenue from the state gaming tax is funneled into the Expanded Lottery Act Revenues Fund, and the legislature determines the allocation of that Fund. At the present time, the revenue goes for three purposes: reduction of state debt, infrastructure improvements and reduction of ad valorem taxes.  [more]