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Original analysis built from our own data, not affiliate feeds. We score 172 sweepstakes casino operators, read their terms line by line, and time real cash-outs — then publish what we find so you can check it.
The flagship report: 172 operators scored, 114 sets of terms analyzed, real redemption times measured, and a 51-state legality survey. Where the money clears fast, which contracts are hostile, who really owns the brands, and which states are pulling the plug.
Most sweepstakes casino "research" is a bonus ranking with an affiliate link attached. The numbers come from the operators themselves, and the ranking changes with the commission rate. We built a different thing. Our research starts from data we collect independently: a 0–100 Trust Score computed for all 172 operators in our catalog, a clause-by-clause reading of the terms of service for 114 of them, an analysis of the official sweepstakes rules behind the marketing, and real redemption and verification timing reconstructed from the actual emails operators send. None of it is for sale, and all of it is published in a form you can check.
The point of an annual report is to step back from the per-operator detail and ask what the whole market looks like — where money actually clears fast, how hostile the standard contract has become, who really owns the brands, and which states are quietly rewriting the rules. Those are questions a single review can't answer, and they're the questions a regulator, a journalist, or a careful player most needs answered. We'd rather be the neutral scoreboard the industry lacks than another ranking it can buy.
Everything here is reproducible. The Trust Scores that anchor our reports are published as a free, public JSON feed, every chart names the dataset and date it was built from, and our scoring rubric is documented in full. If you find an error, we want to hear it — independent research only works if it can be audited, including by the operators it covers and the competitors who might cite it.
Start with the data: pull live Trust Scores from our Trust Score hub, read the full scoring rubric on the methodology page, check per-state availability in our state guides, or browse the latest analysis on the blog. For how we source, fund, and correct our work, see our editorial standards and affiliate disclosure.