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  • Sweepstakes casinos: the full analysis for buildersHow the dual-currency model is built, what the free method of entry answers and what it does not, the seven theories states now use, where the cases stand, and the designs each state’s law leaves standing.Apparently Law · Sep 25, 2026 · current to Sep 28, 2026Sweepstakes casinosCaliforniaFloridaMaineNew York+1 more
  • Sweepstakes casinos: what the statutes leave standingCalifornia’s and New York’s bans define the product in cumulative parts. What each part leaves open, what the operators have done with it, and why outside a statute is not the same as lawful.Apparently Law · Sep 23, 2026 · current to Sep 28, 2026Sweepstakes casinosCaliforniaFloridaNew YorkWashington
  • Sweepstakes casinos: four states, four ways past the free method of entryNew York defined the product, California counted the free coin, Tennessee called it a lottery and Illinois called it internet gambling — read in the statutes’ own words, and against the operators’ own terms.Apparently Law · Sep 22, 2026 · current to Sep 28, 2026Sweepstakes casinosCaliforniaIllinoisNew YorkTennessee
  • Sweepstakes casinos: what they are and the test that decides themTwo currencies, one free way in, and the three-element lottery test the model is designed around — read against the operators’ own rules, Tennessee and Illinois enforcement, and four new state statutes.Apparently Law · Sep 21, 2026 · current to Sep 28, 2026Sweepstakes casinosCaliforniaConnecticutIllinoisNew Jersey+3 more

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