There are now five Indian casinos operating within state boundaries. The following year, Kansas approved and rolled out its first state lottery, with tickets being sold in 21 cities and generating an impressive $7 million before the end of 1987.ġ987 – Present In 1995 (and following the rollout of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act), a deal was reached to open four new casinos on tribal land.
Gradually, the majority of gambling games were prohibited over the course of the next 100 years or more, but this trend began to change when the state legalised charitable gaming and social games like bingo.ġ974 – 1987 The next 12 years were busy for regulators, and by 1986 Kansas voters had elected to amend Article 15, Section 3b of the Constitution and permit pari-mutuel horse and dog racing. Make no mistake the saloons of Dodge City were dangerous places to be at the turn of the 19th century, with poker and dice games such as Hazard (which remain popular to this day) taking centre stage.
1800 – 1974 At the heart of Kansas in the famous Dodge City, which was renowned as the primary frontier settlement in the Old West.
