STATE TRACKER · MA

Sweepstakes casinos in Massachusetts

Current status

No tracked explicit prohibition

We have found no state law that explicitly prohibits sweepstakes casinos here. That is an absence of a tracked prohibition, not an affirmative authorization.

Last review: June 11, 2026
Authority: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, §7

There is no tracked prohibition here to act on. An operator's own terms still decide whether it will register you, and some exclude states that have taken no action at all, so read the terms we link on each review page. See the operators we track

Sweeps Coins (SC) redemption: No tracked prohibition
Gold Coin (GC) free play: Yes
Minimum age: 18+
Age floor source: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 4, § 7, cl. Fifty-first (Age of majority); cl. Forty-eighth (Minor)

PRIMARY-SOURCE NOTE

Massachusetts has a sweepstakes device statute, and its reach online is untested

What the law does

Two sections of chapter 271 of the General Laws, and an Attorney General regulation that treats illegal lotteries and sweepstakes as unfair and deceptive practices, bear on a Sweeps Coin site in Massachusetts; none names one¹⁶. Section 7 reaches whoever sets up or promotes a lottery, or makes chance by lot, game or another gambling device an added inducement to a sale, and anyone concerned in the scheme¹. Section 5B, written around machines and devices, defines a sweepstakes as any promotion a person may enter, with or without paying, to win a prize decided by chance². It makes knowingly possessing an electronic machine or device, intending to run or promote such a sweepstakes through a display of actual or simulated game play, unlawful, and its device list includes machines that are server based or activated remotely². The penalty is a fine of up to $250,000 per device placed into operation, up to 15 years in state prison, or both².

What has happened since

Representative David K. Muradian, Jr. of Grafton filed H.4431 on January 16, 2025³. It would have made it unlawful to operate, conduct or promote online sweepstakes games in the Commonwealth, or to support or assist anyone who does³. Its definition tracks the Sweeps Coin model closely: a chance game offered online through a dual currency system whose currency can be exchanged for a prize or a cash equivalent, simulating casino games, lottery games or sports wagering³. The bill went to the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies on August 18, 2025, had a hearing set for November 13, 2025, and on March 23, 2026 accompanied a study order, H.5269⁴. That order, titled "Gaming matters," was discharged the same day to the House Committee on Rules, its last recorded step when we read it⁵. Our tracked event history for Massachusetts holds no legal event and no operator exit, and 2 tracked operators are recorded as not taking Massachusetts players.

What is still open

Section 5B covers a machine that a sponsor, promoter or one of their affiliates or contractors possesses and an entrant uses². Does a server a Sweeps Coin operator runs for players on their own phones fit, or only a storefront terminal? Our record holds no court ruling or state action that answers it. The Attorney General's regulation calls it unfair and deceptive to run a business where a gambling purpose predominates over a bona fide sale, and weighs how any free play option works⁶⁷. Whether a Gold Coin package that carries Sweeps Coins passes that test has no agency ruling in our record. The dedicated ban in H.4431 was not enacted; it went into the H.5269 study order with four other gaming bills⁴⁵.

Enforcement search: In the sources we reviewed we found no court ruling or state action applying the lottery section or the sweepstakes device section of the General Laws to an online Sweeps Coin site, and our tracked Massachusetts event history lists neither an enforcement action nor an operator exit.
Question still open: Whether a server that a Sweeps Coin operator runs for players on their own phones is an electronic machine or device under the Massachusetts sweepstakes device section, or whether that section reaches only terminals a sponsor places, has no court or agency reading in our record.

Sources for this note

Massachusetts General Laws chapter 271, section 7, lotteries and disposal of property by chance (malegislature.gov) accessed Sep 28, 2026
Massachusetts General Laws chapter 271, section 5B, electronic machines for conducting or promoting sweepstakes (malegislature.gov) accessed Sep 28, 2026
H.4431 (194th General Court), An Act relative to internet gaming, bill text (malegislature.gov) accessed Sep 28, 2026
H.4431 (194th General Court) bill history (malegislature.gov) accessed Sep 28, 2026
H.5269 (194th General Court), order on gaming matters, order history (malegislature.gov) accessed Sep 28, 2026
940 CMR 30.04, Attorney General regulation on illegal lotteries and sweepstakes, official text as reproduced by Cornell LII accessed Sep 28, 2026
940 CMR 30.05, factors including the free play option, official text as reproduced by Cornell LII accessed Sep 28, 2026

Sources rechecked 2026-09-28. Next scheduled review 2026-12-28.

What the law says

Under M.G.L. c. 271 §7, setting up or promoting an unlawful lottery is punishable by a fine of up to $3,000 or imprisonment up to 3 years in state prison (or up to 2.5 years in jail/house of correction). No sweepstakes-specific penalties exist; the failed H. 4431 would have added fines up to $100,000 per violation and up to 2 years imprisonment.

Operators and Massachusetts

119 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as accepting Massachusetts players, and 13 of those are rated trusted.

2 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as not accepting Massachusetts players, and 1 of those records cites the operator's own terms.

Highest Trust Scores among the operators recorded as accepting Massachusetts:

See the full list on the leaderboard filtered to Massachusetts →

How this classification was reached

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What the Massachusetts classification rests on

Source date: Not recorded
Last human review: June 11, 2026
Effective date: Not recorded
Basis of classification: statutory

How to read these rows

Where the operator counts come from

Of the 119 acceptance records, 37 cite the operator's own terms or rules, 10 come from a backfill of the operator's terms, 1 comes from the operator's site configuration, 13 are inferred because the terms do not list Massachusetts, 55 come from our bulk backfill without a terms citation and 3 reflect site availability with no observed Sweeps Coins program. Of the 2 exclusion records, 1 cites the operator's own terms or rules and 1 comes from our bulk backfill without a terms citation.

Citation as stored

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, §7 (lotteries; disposal of property by chance).

Primary sources on file

General Laws Part IV, Title I, Chapter 271, Section 7: Lotteries; disposal of property by chance The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (malegislature.gov) · accessed Jun 10, 2026

Method

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Massachusetts questions

Are sweepstakes casinos legal in Massachusetts?

We have found no state law that explicitly prohibits sweepstakes casinos here. That is an absence of a tracked prohibition, not an affirmative authorization. Authority: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, §7.

Does Massachusetts have a law aimed at sweepstakes games with slot style displays?

For machines, yes. Chapter 271, section 5B of the General Laws makes it unlawful to knowingly possess an electronic machine or device with intent to conduct or promote a sweepstakes through an entertaining display, and it defines a sweepstakes to include entry with or without payment. Our record holds no ruling on whether a remote Sweeps Coin site counts as such a device.

Which operators accept Massachusetts players?

119 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as accepting Massachusetts players, and 13 of those are rated trusted. 2 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as not accepting Massachusetts players, and 1 of those records cites the operator's own terms. The leaderboard filtered to Massachusetts lists every one. Leaderboard filtered to Massachusetts →

This page is information, not legal advice. Laws and thresholds change quickly, so confirm with the operator and your state attorney general before depositing, or consult a lawyer. Last verified June 11, 2026. Send a correction.