How Sweepstakes Casinos Work
Two balances per account, and only one of them can be turned into a prize. Every score on this site follows from that split.
Why Two Currencies
The promotional modelThese operators are not licensed gambling companies. They run promotions, and a promotion in the United States cannot require payment to enter. The two-coin structure is how that requirement is met while the games still play like casino games.
Gold Coins
Play currency, and the source of nearly every enormous figure in sweepstakes advertising. They can be bought, won and played indefinitely, and they convert to nothing. On this site they are recorded for context and scored at zero.
The redeemable coin
Usually written SC. It arrives with signup, daily bonuses, promotions, sometimes postal entry, and free alongside a coin purchase. It cannot be bought on its own and it is the only balance the cashier pays out.
Signup To Payout
Four stagesRegister and verify
Name, address, date of birth and usually a document check. Completing it before you play keeps verification out of the way of your first redemption.
Collect free credit
Signup credit, then daily bonuses, promotions, mail-in routes and social giveaways. Only the redeemable coin is worth tracking.
Reach the floor
No operator processes a redemption below its minimum balance. Across our eighteen that runs from fifty to one hundred coins.
File and wait
Redemptions go to bank transfer, card or a gift card equivalent. We measured twenty-two to seventy hours to funds received.
Reading An Offer
Signal and noiseWorth reading
- A redeemable figure stated on its own
- A published redemption minimum
- Guaranteed daily bonuses rather than wheel spins
- A named payout method and timeframe
Marketing noise
- Coin totals with no currency named
- Percentage matches on optional purchases
- VIP points that convert to play currency only
- Best-case wheel values quoted as a bonus
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Funded accounts, cleared floors and timed payouts, scored the same way every time.