Lawmakers are setting their sights on the multi-million dollar potential of sports betting business in Kansas—and so is the Major League Baseball.
The Associated Press reported that a bill seeking to legalize sports betting in state-owned casinos, over the internet and with mobile apps, has been introduced before the House Federal and State Affairs Committee this week, in anticipation that the Supreme Court will lift the federal ban on sports wagering.
But even before the bill was scrutinized by House committee members, MLB made its presence felt by saying that it wants to partake some of the revenues that Kansas will get from the sports betting business.
Aside from the revenue, MLB Senior Vice President Bryan Seeley said they also want casinos to share their sports betting data with the league in a bid to prevent game fixing in future sporting events.