74-8756. Wager, loan and credit restrictions; financing for payment of sports wagers; criminal penalties. (a) Wagers shall be received only from a person at the location where the electronic gaming machine or lottery facility game is authorized pursuant to the Kansas expanded lottery act. No person present at such location shall place or attempt to place a wager on behalf of another person who is not present at such location.

(b) No employee or contractor of, or other person who has any legal affiliation with, a racetrack gaming facility manager shall loan money to or otherwise extend credit to patrons of the parimutuel licensee.

(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided, no employee or contractor of, or other person who has any legal affiliation with, a lottery gaming facility manager shall loan money to or otherwise extend credit to patrons of a lottery gaming facility.

(2) A patron of a lottery gaming facility may fund an account held by a lottery gaming facility manager for the payment of sports wagers and pay for sports wagers through the use of:

(A) Cash and cash equivalents;

(B) electronic bank transfers of money, including transfers through third parties;

(C) bank and wire transfers of money;

(D) debit and credit cards;

(E) online and mobile application payment systems that support online money transfers;

(F) promotional funds provided by a lottery gaming facility manager; and

(G) any other payment method approved by the Kansas lottery.

(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit any lottery gaming facility manager from obtaining insurance or check guarantee services to protect against any loss as a result of any check that is returned or otherwise not honored due to a stop payment order or nonsufficient funds.

(d) Violation of this section is a class A nonperson misdemeanor upon a conviction for a first offense. Violation of this section is a severity level 9, nonperson felony upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense.

History: L. 2007, ch. 110, § 25; L. 2022, ch. 91, § 32; July 1.