Montana
Statute in force
Template D: Any currency and any payout; disgorgement; pre-existing law.
- Template D: Any currency and any payout; disgorgement; pre-existing law
Records read Oct 16, 2026 · counsel review pending · read through summaries only
The statute
SB 555
- Template D · Any currency and any payout; disgorgement; pre-existing law
- Signed May 12, 2025
- In effect from Oct 1, 2025
- Penalty: Up to $50,000 and 10 years.
- Internet gambling is redefined to cover sites and apps that transmit gambling information and allow bets and payouts using any form of currency; the phrase dual currency is not used.
Carve-outs the sources describe
- Free-to-play social casinos without cash payouts are described as exempt.
Not yet confirmed: Official text not read; summaries only.
Who it reaches
Operators
- Operators: described in a summary of the statute
No article for Montana yet.
About the model in general
- Sweepstakes casinos: a founder’s checklistEight questions to answer before launch, in the order the answers depend on each other — each with the statute that makes it matter and an operator’s own written answer.Apparently Law · Sep 24, 2026 · current to Sep 28, 2026Sweepstakes casinos
- 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
- swlaw.comTrade or law-firm press · 2025
- sweepsy.comAffiliate or vendor site · May 2025
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