Boyd Gaming is suing the state of Kansas over a provision in its new sports betting law

Boyd Gaming is suing the commonwealth of Kansas River o'er a provision inward its unexampled sports betting law.

The law of nature allows for 1,000 horseracing machines to detain inward performance at the Wichita Greyhound Park.

The greyhound green is owned by Phil Ruffin, the owner of Treasure Island, who intends to sell the shuttered racetrack; which has been closed in(p) since Sedgewick County voters rejected the employ of expansion slot machines at the park indorse in 2007.

Boyd operates KS Star Casino, which sits 15 miles southward of the Wichita Greyhound Park. The operator believes the nation of Sunflower State is breaching its undertake to prohibit similar gaming facilities at non-casino locations.

Boyd has argued that historical horseracing machines at Wichita Greyhound Mungo Park are “indistinguishable” from the one-armed bandit machines used at its Kaw River Star casino.

The operator draws upon its take with Kansas, which stipulates that should extraneous one-armed bandit machines follow similar to its own, the res publica would owe Boyd a $25m penalty fee.

Boyd’s intention to sue, however, was an sue that Kansas River country expected. Slot tracks were of late legalised erst more, a motility which voters approved.

New laws qualify revenues from horseracing machines would follow taxed at 40%, 15% to a greater extent than the taxation grade from slot machines inwards Boyd’s casino, as good as at the threesome other operating casinos in the state.

Kansas introduced these higher tax rates for machines at racing parks to keep “a stratum playing field” between both casinos and racing venues, as casinos typically get far higher investment costs.

It would appear, though, that the higher task rates for racing tracks are non sufficiency to stop Boyd from suing the nation inwards which it operates.