Sweepstakes casino legality, jurisdiction by jurisdiction

Sweepstakes casinos run on a dual-currency model: Gold Coins for play and Sweeps Coins that can be redeemed for prizes. That model sits under promotional and sweepstakes law rather than gambling law, which is why the picture differs so sharply from one state line to the next.

A row marked banned means a statute names the dual-currency model and closes it. A row marked ban pending means the bill is signed but the date it bites has not arrived. A row marked restricted means no statute closed the state, but the operators we track exclude it anyway. Where we have found no statute at all, the law column says so rather than claiming the state is protected.