Editing Kansas (section)

===State laws===
{{See also|Alcohol laws of Kansas}}

The [[legal drinking age]] in Kansas is 21. In lieu of the state retail sales tax, a 10% Liquor Drink Tax is collected for liquor consumed on the licensed premises and an 8% Liquor Enforcement Tax is collected on retail purchases. Although the sale of cereal [[malt beverage]] (also known as [[3.2 beer]]) was legalized in 1937, the first post-[[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] legalization of alcoholic liquor did not occur until the [[Kansas Constitution|state's constitution]] was amended in 1948. The following year the [[Kansas Legislature|Legislature]] enacted the Liquor Control Act which created a system of regulating, licensing, and taxing, and the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) was created to enforce the act. The power to regulate cereal malt beverage remains with the cities and counties. Liquor-by-the-drink did not become legal until passage of an amendment to the state's constitution in 1986 and additional legislation the following year. As of November 2006, Kansas still has 29 [[dry county|dry counties]] and only 17 counties have passed liquor-by-the-drink with no food sales requirement.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcsupplierinfo.htm |title = Liquor Licensee and Supplier Information |publisher = Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue |access-date = January 18, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061208194850/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcsupplierinfo.htm |archive-date = December 8, 2006 }}</ref> Today there are more than 2,600 liquor and 4,000 cereal malt beverage licensees in the state.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ksrevenue.org/abchistory.htm |title = History of Alcoholic Beverages in Kansas |publisher = Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue |year = 2000 |access-date = January 18, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070117070410/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abchistory.htm |archive-date = January 17, 2007 }}</ref>

On May 12, 2022, Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation (Senate Bill 84) that legalizes sports betting in the state, making Kansas the 35th state to approve sports wagering in the US. This would give the four state-owned casinos the right to partner with online bookmakers and up to 50 retailers, including gas stations and restaurants, to engage in sports betting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Kansas Legalizes Online and Retail Sports Wagering |url=https://www.casinoreviews.net/news/kansas-becomes-35th-state-to-legalize-sports-betting/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=casinoreviews.net |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516141839/https://www.casinoreviews.net/news/kansas-becomes-35th-state-to-legalize-sports-betting/ |url-status=live }}</ref>