STATE TRACKER · NV
Sweepstakes casinos in Nevada
Current status
Prohibited
State law prohibits dual-currency sweepstakes casinos here.
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- Sweeps Coins (SC) redemption
- Prohibited
- Gold Coin (GC) free play
- Generally not targeted. 120 of 121 operators we track are recorded as not accepting Nevada
- Minimum age
- 18+
- Age floor source
- NRS 129.010 (Age of majority)
- Latest action
- Oct 1, 2025: effective
PRIMARY-SOURCE NOTE
No Nevada statute names sweepstakes casinos; two general gaming sections carry the ban
What the law does
Our classification record for Nevada says no Nevada statute names sweepstakes casinos, so the prohibition rests on two general gaming sections23. Under NRS 463.160(1), no person, as owner, lessee or employee, may deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play in Nevada any gambling game, gaming device or slot machine, or run an interactive gaming system in or from the state, without first holding every required gaming license2. NRS 465.092 says a person shall not knowingly, from inside or outside Nevada, take a wager through any medium of communication from someone physically present in the state, or let a lessee, agent or employee do it3. An operator located elsewhere is deemed to complete that offense inside Nevada and can be prosecuted there3. Section 465.094 lifts that rule for wagers sent to Nevada-licensed race books, sports pools and other licensed wagering inside the state, and to out-of-state licensees covered by a Governor's agreement3.
What has happened since
Senate Bill 256 of the 2025 session created no new offense1. Its digest says sections 1 to 3 order the disgorgement of any profit, gain, gross receipt or other benefit from certain illegal gaming, including both sections above, to the State Treasurer for the State General Fund, on top of existing penalties, and section 3 moves a violation of NRS 465.092 from a misdemeanor to a gross misdemeanor1. The enrolled text never uses the word sweepstakes and has no effective-date section of its own, and NRS 218D.330 puts such a law into effect on October 1 after its passage4. Our event history for Nevada holds one entry, "SB 256 takes effect", dated October 1, 2025, and no Gaming Control Board or court action against a sweepstakes operator. No operator exit is on record for Nevada, and 120 of the operators we track are recorded as not taking players there.
What is still open
NRS 463.01962 defines a wager as a sum of money or representative of value risked on an occurrence whose outcome is uncertain2. Whether a Sweeps Coin that can be redeemed for a prize is a representative of value under that definition is the question our record does not answer, because it holds no Nevada court ruling or Gaming Control Board order that applies either section to a sweepstakes operator. A narrower question sits in the operator data. The one tracked record not counted as excluding Nevada belongs to an operator whose official rules, as we last read them, list the state as Gold Coins only, and no record we hold tests whether an account with no prize route falls outside both sections.
- Enforcement search
- Our tracked event history for Nevada holds one entry, the day the disgorgement amendments took effect, and no Gaming Control Board, Attorney General or court action that applies either general gaming section to a sweepstakes operator.
- Question still open
- Whether a Sweeps Coin that can be redeemed for a prize is a representative of value, and so a wager, under Nevada's general gaming definitions has no court or Gaming Control Board reading in our record.
Sources for this note
- Senate Bill No. 256, 83rd Session (2025), enrolled text (Nevada Legislature) accessed Sep 28, 2026
- NRS Chapter 463, Licensing and Control of Gaming, including 463.0152, 463.01962 and 463.160 (Nevada Legislature) accessed Sep 28, 2026
- NRS Chapter 465, Crimes and Liabilities Concerning Gaming, including 465.092 and 465.094 (Nevada Legislature) accessed Sep 28, 2026
- NRS Chapter 218D, including 218D.330 on the default effective date of legislation (Nevada Legislature) accessed Sep 28, 2026
Sources rechecked 2026-09-28. Next scheduled review 2026-12-28.
What the law says
Unlicensed gaming (NRS 463.160 via 463.360(3)) is a category B felony: 1-10 years, fine up to $50,000, plus mandatory disgorgement of all profits to the State General Fund. Accepting wagers from persons physically in Nevada through any medium of communication (NRS 465.092) is a gross misdemeanor with disgorgement, and explicitly reaches out-of-state operators, who are deemed to consummate the offense within Nevada.
How we got here
Every tracked event for Nevada, newest first.
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Oct 1, 2025
In effect effective
Unlicensed gaming reachable as a category B felony (NRS 463.160 via 463.360(3)): 1–10 years, up to $50,000 fine, mandatory disgorgement; accepting wagers from persons in Nevada over any communication medium is a gross misdemeanor (NRS 465.092).
Operators and Nevada
Because of Nevada's status, we don't list or link operator promotions for this state.
120 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as not accepting Nevada players, and 60 of those records cite the operator's own terms.
1 operator we track does not list Nevada among excluded states in the terms we last read, dated July 7, 2026.
Operator families whose every tracked brand is recorded as not accepting Nevada: B-Two Operations Limited, Kinetix Ventures, Inc., Mamba Limited, MW Services Limited, Realplay Tech Inc, UTech Solutions LLC and VGW (Virtual Gaming Worlds).
How this classification was reached
Show the record, the citation and the method
What the Nevada classification rests on
- Source date
- October 1, 2025 (effective)
- Last human review
- September 18, 2026
- Effective date
- Not recorded
- Basis of classification
- statutory
Where the operator counts come from
Of the 1 record that do not exclude Nevada, 1 cites the operator's own terms or rules. Of the 120 exclusion records, 50 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 and 59 come from our bulk backfill without a terms citation.
Citation as stored
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 463.160 (gaming without a state license; felony under § 463.360(3)) and § 465.092 (accepting wagers from persons physically in Nevada through any medium, within or outside the state). General gaming law: no Nevada statute names sweepstakes casinos. Penalties and mandatory disgorgement added by SB 256 (Stats. 2025, ch. 337, eff. 2025-10-01).
Source documents
Primary sources on file
Method
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Nevada questions
Are sweepstakes casinos legal in Nevada?
State law prohibits dual-currency sweepstakes casinos here. Authority: Nev. Rev. Stat. § 463.160.
Does any Nevada statute name sweepstakes casinos?
Our classification record for Nevada says none does. The record rests on the general unlicensed-gaming section, NRS 463.160, and the remote-wager section, NRS 465.092. SB 256 of 2025 added disgorgement to both and raised the remote-wager penalty, and its enrolled text never uses the word sweepstakes.
Which operators accept Nevada players?
120 of the 121 operators we track are recorded as not accepting Nevada players, and 60 of those records cite the operator's own terms. Trust Score leaderboard →
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