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There is poker in Kansas! You will find over 41 live poker tables to play at. You will find the following games in Kansas casinos: Limit Holdem, No Limit Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, 7 Card Stud, Texas Hold'em. Some Kansas casinos also offer convention centers and meeting spaces. Over the entire town, you will find a total of 11,000 conference sq/ft space in the various casino properties.

§ 3: Lotteries.

Lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets are forever prohibited.

§ 3a: Regulation, licensing and taxation of "bingo" games authorized.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas the legislature may regulate, license and tax the operation or conduct of games of bingo and instant bingo, as defined by law, by bona fide nonprofit religious, charitable, fraternal, educational and veterans organizations.

§ 3b: Regulation, licensing and taxation of horse and dog racing and parimutuel wagering thereon.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, the legislature may permit, regulate, license and tax, at a rate not less than 3% nor more than 6% of all money wagered, the operation or conduct, by bona fide nonprofit organizations, of horse and dog racing and parimutuel wagering thereon in any county in which: (a) A majority of the qualified electors of the county voting thereon approve this proposed amendment; or (b) the qualified electors of the county approve a proposition, by a majority vote of those voting thereon at an election held within the county, to permit such racing and wagering within the boundaries of the county. No off-track betting shall be permitted in connection with horse and dog racing permitted pursuant to this section.

 § 3c: State-owned and operated lottery.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, the legislature may provide for a state-owned and operated lottery, except that such state-owned lottery shall not be operated after June 30, 1990, unless authorized to be operated after such date by a concurrent resolution approved by a majority of all of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified of each house and adopted in the 1990 regular session of the legislature. The state shall whenever possible provide the public information on the odds of winning a prize or prizes in a lottery game.

Kansas Statutes

21-6403. Gambling; definitions.

As used in K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 21-6403 through 21-6409, and amendments thereto:

(a) “Bet” means a bargain in which the parties agree that, dependent upon chance, one stands to win or lose something of value specified in the agreement. A bet does not include:

(1) Bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of contracts including, but not limited to, contracts for the purchase or sale at a future date of securities or other commodities, and agreements to compensation for loss caused by the happening of the chance including, but not limited to, contracts of indemnity or guaranty and life or health and accident insurance;

(2) offers of purses, prizes or premiums to the actual contestants in any bona fide contest for the determination of skill, speed, strength or endurance or to the bona fide owners of animals or vehicles entered in such a contest;

(3) a lottery as defined in this section;

(4) any bingo game by or for participants managed, operated or conducted in accordance with the laws of the state of Kansas by an organization licensed by the state of Kansas to manage, operate or conduct games of bingo;

(5) a lottery operated by the state pursuant to the Kansas lottery act;

(6) any system of parimutuel wagering managed, operated and conducted in accordance with the Kansas parimutuel racing act;

(7) tribal gaming;

(8) charitable raffles as defined by section 3, and amendments thereto; or

(9) a fantasy sports league as defined in this section;

(b) “lottery” means an enterprise wherein for a consideration the participants are given an opportunity to win a prize, the award of which is determined by chance. A lottery does not include:

(1) A lottery operated by the state pursuant to the Kansas lottery act; or

(2) tribal gaming;

(c) “consideration” means anything which is a commercial or financial advantage to the promoter or a disadvantage to any participant. Mere registration without purchase of goods or services; personal attendance at places or events, without payment of an admission price or fee; listening to or watching radio and television programs; answering the telephone or making a telephone call and acts of like nature are not consideration. “Consideration” shall not include sums of money paid by or for:

(1) Participants in any bingo game managed, operated or conducted in accordance with the laws of the state of Kansas by any bona fide nonprofit religious, charitable, fraternal, educational or veteran organization licensed to manage, operate or conduct bingo games under the laws of the state of Kansas and it shall be conclusively presumed that such sums paid by or for such participants were intended by such participants to be for the benefit of the sponsoring organizations for the use of such sponsoring organizations in furthering the purposes of such sponsoring organizations, as set forth in the appropriate paragraphs of section 501(c) or (d) of the internal revenue code of 1986 and as set forth in K.S.A. 79-4701, and amendments thereto;

(2) participants in any lottery operated by the state pursuant to the Kansas lottery act;

(3) participants in any system of parimutuel wagering managed, operated and conducted in accordance with the Kansas parimutuel racing act; or

(4) a person to participate in tribal gaming;

(d) “fantasy sports league” means any fantasy or simulation sports game or contest in which no fantasy or simulation sports team is based on the current membership of an actual team that is a member of an amateur or professional sports organization and that meets the following conditions:

(1) All prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the game or contest and their value is not determined by the number of participants or the amount of any fees paid by those participants;

(2) all winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and are determined predominantly by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individual athletes in multiple real-world sporting events; and

(3) no winning outcome is based:

(A) On the score, point spread or any performance or performances of any single real-world team or any combination of such teams; or

(B) solely on any single performance of an individual athlete in any single real-world sporting event.

(e)

(1) “gambling device” means any:

(A) So-called “slot machine” or any other machine, mechanical device, electronic device or other contrivance an essential part of which is a drum or reel with insignia thereon, and:

(i) Which when operated may deliver, as the result of chance, any money or property; or

(ii) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of chance, any money or property;

(B) other machine, mechanical device, electronic device or other contrivance including, but not limited to, roulette wheels and similar devices, which are equipped with or designed to accommodate the addition of a mechanism that enables accumulated credits to be removed, is equipped with or designed to accommodate a mechanism to record the number of credits removed or is otherwise designed, manufactured or altered primarily for use in connection with gambling, and:

(i) Which when operated may deliver, as the result of chance, any money or property; or

(ii) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of chance, any money or property;

(C) subassembly or essential part intended to be used in connection with any such machine, mechanical device, electronic device or other contrivance, but which is not attached to any such machine, mechanical device, electronic device or other contrivance as a constituent part; or

(D) any token, chip, paper, receipt or other document which evidences, purports to evidence or is designed to evidence participation in a lottery or the making of a bet.

The fact that the prize is not automatically paid by the device does not affect its character as a gambling device.

(2) “Gambling device” shall not include:

(A) Any machine, mechanical device, electronic device or other contrivance used or for use by a licensee of the Kansas racing commission as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the commission or by the Kansas lottery or Kansas lottery retailers as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the Kansas lottery commission;

(B) any machine, mechanical device, electronic device or other contrivance, such as a coin-operated bowling alley, shuffleboard, marble machine, a so-called pinball machine, or mechanical gun, which is not designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, and:

(i) Which when operated does not deliver, as a result of chance, any money; or

(ii) by the operation of which a person may not become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money;

(C) any so-called claw, crane or digger machine and similar devices which are designed and manufactured primarily for use at carnivals or county or state fairs; or

(D) any machine, mechanical device, electronic device or other contrivance used in tribal gaming;

(f) “gambling place” means any place, room, building, vehicle, tent or location which is used for any of the following: Making and settling bets; receiving, holding, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet; conducting lotteries; or playing gambling devices. Evidence that the place has a general reputation as a gambling place or that, at or about the time in question, it was frequently visited by persons known to be commercial gamblers or known as frequenters of gambling places is admissible on the issue of whether it is a gambling place;

(g) “tribal gaming” means the same as in K.S.A. 74-9802, and amendments thereto; and

(h) “tribal gaming commission” means the same as in K.S.A. 74-9802, and amendments thereto.

21-4303. Gambling.

Gambling is:
(a) Making a bet; or
(b) Entering or remaining in a gambling place with intent to make a bet, to participate in a lottery, or to play a gambling device.

Gambling is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

21-4303a. Illegal bingo operation.

(a) Illegal bingo operation is the management, operation or conduct of games of bingo in violation of the laws of the state of Kansas pertaining to the regulation, licensing and taxing of games of bingo or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Illegal bingo operation is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
(b) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.

21-4304. Commercial gambling.

Commercial gambling is:
(a) Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place;
(b) Receiving, recording, or forwarding bets or offers to bet or, with intent to receive, record, or forward bets or offers to bet, possessing facilities to do so;
(c) For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;
(d) Conducting a lottery, or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so; or
(e) Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device.

Commercial gambling is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.

21-4305. Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling.

 Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling is intentionally:
(a) Granting the use or allowing the continued use of a place as a gambling place; or
(b) Permitting another to set up a gambling device for use in a place under the offender's control.

Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

21-4306. Dealing in gambling devices.

(a) Dealing in gambling devices is manufacturing, transferring or possessing with intent to transfer any gambling device or sub-assembly or essential part thereof.
(b) Proof of possession of any device designed exclusively for gambling purposes, which device is not set up for use or which is not in a gambling place, creates a presumption of possession with intent to transfer.
(c) Dealing in gambling devices is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
(d) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the gambling device is an antique slot machine and that the antique slot machine was not operated for gambling purposes while in the owner's or the defendant's possession. A slot machine shall be deemed an antique slot machine if it was manufactured prior to the year 1950....

21-4307. Possession of a gambling device.

(a) Possession of a gambling device is knowingly possessing or having custody or control, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, bailee, or otherwise, of any gambling device.
Possession of a gambling device is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

(b) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the gambling device is an antique slot machine and that the antique slot machine was not operated for gambling purposes while in the owner's or the defendant's possession. A slot machine shall be deemed an antique slot machine if it was manufactured prior to the year 1950.

(c) It shall be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the gambling device is possessed or under custody or control of a manufacturer registered under the federal gambling devices act of 1962 (15 U.S.C. 1171 et seq.) or a transporter under contract with such manufacturer with intent to transfer for use:
(1) By the Kansas lottery or Kansas lottery retailers as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the Kansas lottery commission;
(2) by a licensee of the Kansas racing commission as authorized by law and rules and regulations adopted by the commission;
(3) in a state other than the state of Kansas; or
(4) in tribal gaming.

For more information on Kansas statutes see:
http://www.krgc.ks.gov/index.php/racing-gaming-law/illegal-gambling/criminal-nuisance-statutes-2