STATE TRACKER · MO

Sweepstakes casinos in Missouri

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: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 572.010

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+

That is Missouri's statutory floor. An operator's own terms can set a higher number, and the one that binds you is whichever is higher. Bonus Bandit is written for readers 21 and older. How we handle age

What is specific to Missouri

The Missouri classification is tied to the state record and source trail shown below.

The classification record cites Mo. Rev. Stat. § 572.010 (definitions: lottery, contest of chance, advance gambling activity) and § 572.030 (promoting gambling in the first degree).
120 tracked operators currently report accepting Missouri players.
The state record was last reviewed on 2026-06-11T22:10:21.178563+00:00.

This is information, not legal advice. Rules and thresholds change. Confirm the current position with the operator and your state attorney general, or consult a lawyer.

PRIMARY-SOURCE BRIEF

Missouri combines broad gambling definitions with narrow charitable sweepstakes authority

Missouri Chapter 572 defines gambling as risking something of value on chance or a future event for value. A lottery is an unlawful scheme requiring consideration and a chance to win value. Something of value includes money, property, redeemable tokens, credit, services, entertainment, or the privilege to play without charge. Promoting gambling in the first degree is a class E felony. Article III, section 39(f) provides a narrow constitutional authorization for qualifying charitable or religious raffles or sweepstakes.

The constitutional text is not a blanket authorization for commercial internet sweepstakes. The Missouri Gaming Commission's 2011 video-sweepstakes notice is guidance about physical devices used around charitable bingo. It says the Commission had not determined legality without physically examining a device, warns against vendors implying approval, and says illegal activity could lead to license revocation. That historical notice is not a modern internet adjudication. For a dual-currency site, consideration, purchased Gold Coins, free Sweepstakes Coins, AMOE, redemption, and whether digital play is a lottery remain product-specific.

Enforcement search: The Gaming Commission warned charitable bingo licensees that illegal video-sweepstakes activity could trigger license revocation after declining to determine legality without physical examination. No current official source reviewed named an internet dual-currency operator.
Question still open: Whether Missouri authorities would apply Chapter 572 to a remote dual-currency product and how they would characterize purchased play currency, free redeemable currency, AMOE, and digital prize redemption remains unresolved.

Official sources checked for Missouri

Sources rechecked 2026-08-23. Next scheduled review 2026-11-23. This brief explains the record; it does not replace advice about a specific product or situation.

What the law says

Knowingly advancing or profiting from unlawful gambling or lottery activity at scale (e.g., operating a gambling device with $100+/day in play, or receiving $100+/day in lottery plays) is promoting gambling in the first degree, a class E felony (§ 572.030.2); lesser conduct is covered by second-degree promoting (§ 572.040, misdemeanor). Player-side gambling is a misdemeanor (§ 572.020).

Operators and Missouri

120 operators we track accept Missouri players, per their own published terms (we link the terms we reviewed on each review page):

How this classification was reached

Show the record, the citation and the method

What this classification rests on

A status word is a summary, so here is the record underneath it for Missouri. Where our database holds nothing, the row says Not recorded rather than leaving the gap for you to misread.

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

Source date is the most recent legal event we track for this state. Basis is derived from those events, from the cited authority where we have one, and from operator-reported exits only when nothing else is on record. Missing rows are gaps in our records, not findings about the law. Research, not legal advice.

Citation as stored

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 572.010 (definitions: lottery, contest of chance, advance gambling activity) and § 572.030 (promoting gambling in the first degree).

The status hero shows the short form of this reference. This is the complete string as our database holds it, unedited.

Method

How a state gets a classification, what counts as a primary source, and how often each group is re-checked: our methodology. Corrections go to Noah Rafkin, and every tracked change lands in the changelog.

Missouri questions

Are sweepstakes casinos legal in Missouri?

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: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 572.010 (definitions: lottery, contest of chance, advance gambling activity) and § 572.030 (promoting gambling in the first degree).

Does Missouri's charitable sweepstakes provision cover a commercial dual-currency platform?

It does not say that it does. Article III, section 39(f) addresses qualifying charitable or religious organizations. It does not establish a general commercial internet exception. Chapter 572 and the product's payment, chance, prize, and redemption mechanics still matter.

What is the dual-currency model?

Sweepstakes casinos run on two currencies: free Gold Coin (GC) entertainment play with no prize redemption, and a Sweeps Coin (SC) side that can be redeemed for cash prizes. We have found no state law that explicitly prohibits sweepstakes casinos here. That is an absence of a tracked prohibition, not an affirmative authorization.

Which operators accept Missouri players?

120 operators we track accept Missouri players, per their own published terms (we link the terms we reviewed on each review page). Trust Score leaderboard →

This page is research, not legal advice. Statuses are reviewed against primary sources and re-checked as legislation moves; if you spot a change we've missed, email noah.rafkin@bonusbandit.win. Always confirm with the operator and your state attorney general before depositing. Laws change quickly in this space. Last verified June 11, 2026.