STATE TRACKER · MN

Sweepstakes casinos in Minnesota

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: Minn. Stat. § 609.75 subds. 1-2

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: Minn. Stat. § 645.451, subds. 2-3, 5-6 (minor/adult/majority/legal age defined)

PRIMARY-SOURCE NOTE

Minnesota's 2026 sweepstakes bill passed the Senate and stopped in a House committee

What the law does

Minnesota has no enacted section written for online dual-currency play, so the record rests on the general gambling chapter. Section 609.75, subdivision 1 calls a plan a lottery when it hands money, property or another benefit to people picked by chance from participants, some or all of whom gave consideration for the chance of being picked¹. The same subdivision spares an in-package chance promotion only if seven conditions all hold, beginning with free entry from the retailer or by mail or toll-free telephone request to the sponsor¹. Section 609.755 makes it a misdemeanor to make a bet, to sell or transfer a chance in a lottery, or to spread information about a lottery, other than an adjoining state's, with intent to encourage people to join it². Under section 609.76, subdivision 1, whoever conducts a lottery, or holds facilities for one with that intent, commits a gross misdemeanor³. None of these sections mentions sweepstakes or redeemable coins.

What has happened since

SF 4474, described on its status page as online sweepstakes games prohibited, was introduced in the Senate on March 17, 2026 and cleared the Commerce and Consumer Protection, Judiciary and Public Safety, and State and Local Government committees⁴. It passed its third reading on April 30, 2026 by a vote of 62 to 3⁴. The House received it on May 4, 2026 and sent it to Public Safety Finance and Policy, and the page shows no House step after that when we read it on September 28, 2026⁴. Both chambers adjourned sine die on May 18, 2026, ending the 2026 regular session⁸. The same session did amend section 609.75: the revisor lists changes to subdivision 3 from 2026 chapters 97 and 118¹. In chapter 97 that change sits in an article on prediction markets, effective August 1, 2026, and the chapter never uses the word sweepstakes⁷.

What is still open

The Senate bill would have sat outside the gambling chapter entirely, as a new section 325F.756 in the consumer protection chapter, enforced by the commissioner of public safety with the remedies of section 325F.755, subdivision 7⁵. That subdivision, written for prize notices, allows a fine of up to $10,000, up to two years in prison, or both for an intentional violation⁶. With no bill enacted, the open question is how the existing lottery definition reads against a site. Does buying a Gold Coin package that carries Sweeps Coins supply the consideration it describes, and can an exemption drafted around retail packages and game pieces reach a site that has neither? Our record holds no Minnesota court ruling, attorney general opinion or agency action on either point.

Enforcement search: Our tracked event history for Minnesota holds no enforcement entry, and the statutes and bill pages we read name no Minnesota court, attorney general or Department of Public Safety action against an online sweepstakes site.
Question still open: Whether a Gold Coin purchase that carries Sweeps Coins is consideration under the lottery definition, whether the in-package exemption can reach a site with no package, and whether a later Legislature takes up a similar bill, has no answer in our Minnesota record.

Sources for this note

Minnesota Statutes section 609.75, gambling definitions (Office of the Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
Minnesota Statutes section 609.755, gambling misdemeanor (Office of the Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
Minnesota Statutes section 609.76, gambling gross misdemeanor and felony (Office of the Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
SF 4474 (94th Legislature, 2025 to 2026) status in the House (Minnesota Legislature) accessed Sep 28, 2026
SF 4474, first engrossment text (Office of the Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
Minnesota Statutes section 325F.755, prize notices and solicitations (Office of the Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
Laws of Minnesota 2026, chapter 97 (Office of the Revisor of Statutes) accessed Sep 28, 2026
Minnesota Legislative Sessions, 1849 to present (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library) accessed Sep 28, 2026

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

What the law says

Under existing law, making a bet or selling/transferring a chance to participate in a lottery is a misdemeanor (§ 609.755); conducting a lottery or maintaining a gambling place carries up to 364 days and/or a $3,000 fine (§ 609.76 subd. 1); sports bookmaking is a felony (§ 609.76 subd. 2). No sweepstakes-specific penalties exist.

Operators and Minnesota

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

7 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as not accepting Minnesota players, and 3 of those records cite the operator's own terms.

Highest Trust Scores among the operators recorded as accepting Minnesota:

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How this classification was reached

Show the record, the citation and the method

What the Minnesota 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 114 acceptance records, 35 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 Minnesota, 52 come from our bulk backfill without a terms citation and 3 reflect site availability with no observed Sweeps Coins program. Of the 7 exclusion records, 3 cite the operator's own terms or rules and 4 come from our bulk backfill without a terms citation.

Citation as stored

Minn. Stat. § 609.75 subds. 1-2 (lottery, bet defined); § 609.755 (gambling acts, misdemeanor); § 609.76 (conducting a lottery, gross misdemeanor).

Primary sources on file

Minnesota Statutes § 609.75: Gambling; Definitions Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota · accessed Jun 10, 2026

Method

Methodology · Corrections · Changelog · How to read a state page

Minnesota questions

Are sweepstakes casinos legal in Minnesota?

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: Minn. Stat. § 609.75 subds. 1-2.

What did Minnesota's 2026 Senate sweepstakes bill propose?

SF 4474 would have added section 325F.756, barring any person or entity from operating, conducting or promoting an online sweepstakes game in Minnesota, and barring payment processors, geolocation providers, platform providers, media affiliates and others from supporting one. The Senate passed it on April 30, 2026, the House record ends with a committee referral on May 4, 2026, and both chambers adjourned sine die on May 18, 2026.

Which operators accept Minnesota players?

114 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as accepting Minnesota players, and 13 of those are rated trusted. 7 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as not accepting Minnesota players, and 3 of those records cite the operator's own terms. The leaderboard filtered to Minnesota lists every one. Leaderboard filtered to Minnesota →

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.