STATE TRACKER · ND

Sweepstakes casinos in North Dakota

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: N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-28-01

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 North Dakota'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 North Dakota

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

The classification record cites N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-28-01 (gambling, lottery defined) and § 12.1-28-02 (offenses; business of gambling).
118 tracked operators currently report accepting North Dakota players.
The state record was last reviewed on 2026-06-11T22:10:36.496588+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

North Dakota uses a consideration, chance, and prize test without an online sweepstakes rule

North Dakota Century Code section 12.1-28-01 defines gambling as risking money, credit, a deposit, or another thing of value for gain contingent on chance or a gambling apparatus. It defines a lottery as distributing value by chance among participants who gave consideration. Section 12.1-28-02 makes specified unlawful lottery transactions misdemeanors and operating a gambling business a class C felony. The Attorney General's gaming page identifies current games-of-chance laws and rules, but it does not create an online sweepstakes safe harbor.

An official 1998 Attorney General letter explains that consideration, chance, and prize are evaluated for each contest and that a skills contest may fall outside the gambling laws. That is advisory guidance, not a current amendment or enforcement order, and it predates dual-currency platforms. The current code does not expressly name online sweepstakes casinos. A platform's purchased Gold Coins, free Sweepstakes Coins or AMOE, redemption, digital game mechanics, and whether the purchase is consideration for a chance to win must be assessed together. A free route may affect one element but does not automatically remove other gambling-business facts.

Enforcement search: No modern North Dakota Attorney General, regulator, or court action naming an internet dual-currency operator was located in the reviewed sources. The 1998 letter is guidance, not an enforcement action.
Question still open: Whether North Dakota would treat purchase of non-redeemable play coins tied to redeemable Sweepstakes Coins as consideration, and whether a remote platform qualifies as a gambling business, remains unresolved.

Official sources checked for North Dakota

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

Engaging or participating in 'the business of gambling': including conducting a lottery or owning/managing/financing a gambling business: is a class C felony (§ 12.1-28-02(3)). Selling or transferring a chance to participate in a lottery is a class A misdemeanor (§ 12.1-28-02(2)(a)). Player-side gambling is an infraction to misdemeanor depending on stakes.

Operators and North Dakota

118 operators we track accept North Dakota 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 North Dakota. 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

N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-28-01 (gambling, lottery defined) and § 12.1-28-02 (offenses; business of gambling).

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.

North Dakota questions

Are sweepstakes casinos legal in North Dakota?

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: N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-28-01 (gambling, lottery defined) and § 12.1-28-02 (offenses; business of gambling).

Does North Dakota's skill-contest distinction decide a dual-currency product?

No. The Attorney General letter says contests must be evaluated individually. A product may contain skill features while still presenting a chance-based prize or paid opportunity to win value. Currency, entry, redemption, and game design must be reviewed together.

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 North Dakota players?

118 operators we track accept North Dakota 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.