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Sweepstakes casinos: 26 brands, their excluded states and the state bans

6 statutory bans14 excluded-state lists on recordRead 2026-10-09

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Not legal advice. State positions were read on a state regulator, legislature, governor or attorney general page. Brand exclusions are quoted from each brand’s own terms. Nothing is ranked and no brand is linked except to its register check.

Which states ban sweepstakes casinos?

6 states have a statute aimed at dual-currency sweepstakes casinos, confirmed from the legislature or the governor:

• California: banned by statute, AB 831 (2025).Source: gov.ca.gov , retrieved 2026-10-08
• Louisiana: banned by statute, HB 883 (2026), Act 182, in force 2026-08-01.Source: legis.la.gov , retrieved 2026-10-08
• Maine: banned by statute, LD 2007 (2026), Public Law chapter 645.Source: legislature.maine.gov , retrieved 2026-10-08
• Montana: banned by statute.Source: mca.legmt.gov , retrieved 2026-10-08
• New Jersey: banned by statute, A5447, P.L.2025, c.128, in force 2025-08-15.Source: pub.njleg.state.nj.us , retrieved 2026-10-08
• New York: banned by statute, S5935-A (2025), chapter 605, in force 2025-12-05.Source: nysenate.gov , retrieved 2026-10-08

5 have acted through cease-and-desist letters, settlements or lawsuits without a confirmed statute:

• Connecticut: enforcement action.Source: portal.ct.gov , retrieved 2026-10-08
• Florida: enforcement action.Source: myfloridalegal.com , retrieved 2026-10-08
• Maryland: enforcement action.Source: mdgaming.com , retrieved 2026-10-08
• Mississippi: enforcement action.Source: msgamingcommission.com , retrieved 2026-10-08
• Tennessee: enforcement action.Source: tn.gov , retrieved 2026-10-08

One regulator has said in public that such games are likely illegal gambling:

• Washington: regulator statement.Source: wsgc.wa.gov , retrieved 2026-10-08

In the other 37 of the 51 (the 50 states and DC) this pass found no sweepstakes-specific statute and no state action, which is what the pass found and not a legal conclusion. The position in Indiana and Oklahoma is not verified.

Which states does each sweepstakes casino exclude?

Rows are the 50 states and DC; columns are the 14 brands whose own terms give an excluded-state list that reconciles with the count recorded from the same terms. Excl. means the brand’s terms exclude the state. Limit means the state is not excluded but the same clause names it for a narrower limit, such as a promotions-only mode. No means the state is not on the brand’s list. The last column counts the brands that exclude the state.

Left out of the matrix, because no excluded-state list is on record for them: Chumba Casino, Crown Coins Casino, Lavish Luck, Lucky Legends, McLuck, Modo Casino, Punt, Rolla, Rolling Riches, Spree, Sweeptastic and Wow Vegas. The register check for each says why: a terms page behind a bot check, no terms page found, or state names that did not reconcile with the count recorded from the same terms.

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Sweepstakes law, state by state

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Method: Each status was read on the state regulator’s, legislature’s, governor’s or attorney general’s own page on the retrieval date. A status that could not be confirmed from such a page is null with a note. "none_found" and "no_specific_law_found" state what this pass found, not a legal conclusion. Not legal advice. Compiled and signed by the CryptoGuardz Register Desk. Report an error.