Where You Can Play

Availability by state

Where You Can Play

Sweepstakes casinos operate under promotional law rather than gambling law, so availability is set operator by operator and state by state.

The General Picture

Not legal advice

Because these operators run promotional sweepstakes rather than licensed gambling, most of the country is open to them. That said, a handful of states are excluded almost everywhere, and several others are excluded by particular operators for their own compliance reasons.

Commonly excluded

Washington and Idaho are the two states that most operators on this site will not accept. Michigan, Nevada, Montana and Connecticut appear on some exclusion lists and not others. Because these lists change without announcement, the signup form is the only reliable check.

Age requirements

Eighteen is the common minimum. Some operators set twenty-one nationwide, and some set twenty-one only in specific states. Age is verified against your identity documents, not against what you type in.

How to check in ten secondsStart the signup form and enter your real state. If the operator does not accept it, the form will tell you before you have given anything else away.

Being physically present

Operators check location, not just the address on your account. A VPN or a mailing address in another state is a terms violation, and the point at which it usually surfaces is the redemption, after the balance has been built.

Before You Sign Up

Four checks

Do this

  • Use your real state and address from the start
  • Complete document verification before you play
  • Read the operator exclusion list on its terms page
  • Keep one account per person per operator

Do not do this

  • Play through a VPN or proxy
  • Register from an address you do not live at
  • Open a second account for a second welcome offer
  • Assume availability carries over between operators

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Funded accounts, cleared floors and timed payouts, recorded the same way for every operator.