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 adviceBecause 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.
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 checksDo 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.