# 2025-20696: Tribes Enable Kansas Bets from Anywhere via Tribal Servers

2025-20696, Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of the Amendment to the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Kansas Class III Gaming Compact, is a Federal Register notice from Interior Department, Indian Affairs Bureau published 2025-11-24, effective 2025-11-24 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20696
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20696
- Title: Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation of Law of the Amendment to the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska Kansas Class III Gaming Compact
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Interior Department; Indian Affairs Bureau
- Citation: 90 FR 52995
- Published: 2025-11-24
- Effective: 2025-11-24
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Tribes Enable Kansas Bets from Anywhere via Tribal Servers

## Summary

The Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska just got a green light to offer sports betting across Kansas using a cool hub-and-spoke system that treats bets placed anywhere in the state as if they’re on tribal land—except on other tribes’ lands. This change kicks in on November 24, 2025, opening new gaming opportunities and potential revenue for the tribe and state. The approval happened automatically because the government didn’t act within 45 days.

## Abstract

This notice announces the approval by operation of law of the amendment to the Tribal-State compact for class III gaming between the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and the State of Kansas governing the operation and regulation of class III gaming activities. The Amendment permits sports wagering including a hub-and- spoke betting model that deems wagers placed anywhere in the State occur on the Tribe's Indian lands where the servers are located, provided the wager is not placed on another Tribe's Indian lands.

## Effects PRIA read

- Statewide sports betting allowed in Kansas: mixed, low. If you are in Kansas, the Sac and Fox Nation may offer sports betting across the State using a hub-and-spoke system that treats wagers placed anywhere in Kansas as if they occurred on the Tribe's Indian lands where the servers are located. This rule takes effect on November 24, 2025, but it does no…

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## Sources
- [2025-20696 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/24/2025-20696/indian-gaming-approval-by-operation-of-law-of-the-amendment-to-the-sac-and-fox-nation-of-missouri-in)
- [2025-20696 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-24/pdf/2025-20696.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20696 (as of 2026-06-08).