In the face of California’s looming sweepstakes gaming shutdown on Jan. 1, 2026, three more sweepstakes casinos are closing permanently.
LuckyStars Casino, OnPoint Casino, and Turbo Stakes Casino are informing their players via a notice on their sites that they will shutter in November.
They become the fourth, fifth, and sixth known sweepstakes casinos to shut down following the passage of California Assembly Bill 831, which will outlaw sweeps gaming in the state starting in 2026, eliminating the top source of revenue for the vast majority of sweeps gaming sites in the United States.
Process features a 15-day ‘Shutdown Period’
Players accessing LuckyStars, OnPoint, and Turbo Stakes currently are greeted with a message they must acknowledge before getting to the homepage. All three sites are operated by a company that’s identified as SWPMSystem LLC or SWPMTECH LLC, depending on the site. But it’s clearly the same company or companies owned by the same parent entity, given the uniform shutdown message.
That message reads:
We would like to inform you that [sweeps casino name] will be permanently shutting down and discontinuing its services. This notice serves as the official Shutdown Notice in writing and is issued in accordance with our updated Terms & Conditions and Sweep Rules.
Shutdown Process
- New users are not able to register for an Account during the Shutdown Period.
- You may continue to use your existing Gold Coins (GCO, TICO OR GC) for gameplay for fifteen calendar days from the date of this notice (“ Shutdown Period ”).
- You will not be able to purchase additional Gold Coins (GCO, TICO OR GC) during the Shutdown Period. You will not be able to receive any additional Sweep Coins (SC, FICO, or FC) by any means during the Shutdown Period.
- Sweep Coins (SC, FICO OR FC) may not be used to enter Promotions during the Shutdown Period.
- Users who won Prizes prior to the beginning of the Shutdown Period may redeem them by submitting a request at any time during the Shutdown Period. All such requests will be duly processed and paid by us in the ordinary course and within the standard processing timeframes applied by us and/or our Payment Providers.
- Any Prizes for which a redemption request has not been submitted by the end of the Shutdown Period will be deemed forfeited and terminated in conjunction with the closure of your Account.
As a matter of clarification:
- Users with suspended or terminated Accounts remain ineligible for gameplay or prize redemption during the Shutdown Period.
- Users who have limited their access under our Responsible Social Gaming Policy shall remain limited for the duration of such restriction, including during the Shutdown Period.
This notice is dated Nov. 1. So following the 15-day shutdown period, LuckyStars, OnPoint, and Turbo Stakes will close for good on Nov. 16. A few main important notes: Starting Nov. 1, players were no longer able to enact any currency purchases, any Sweeps Coins for which players have not submitted a redemption request by Nov. 16 will be lost, and all self-imposed gaming restrictions are still in effect during the shutdown period.
Looking at other recent shutdowns
Two other sweeps casinos alerted their users to site shutdowns this month.
Starlight Casino is following the same closure timeline as LuckyStars, OnPoint, and Turbo Stakes. In fact, Starlight lists SWPMTECH LLC as its operator, so it’s following the same shutdown strategy as the other three sites in the same operating family.
And then Bitsler.io, the sweeps version of popular crypto casino Bitsler, informed its players it would fully end its operations on Dec. 1, with a shutdown process beginning Nov. 11 — when no new currency purchases or mail-in requests will be accepted. Players can still play until Nov. 24, and they can still redeem Sweeps Coins until Dec. 1.
Back on Oct. 1, Vivaro.us also shut its platform down permanently. In its alert to players, it said the closure was “due to increasing regulatory uncertainty surrounding sweepstakes casinos in the United States.”
Vivaro.us is the only site to specifically call out the pressure facing the sweeps industry right now (with the loss of California at the top of that list) as the reason for its shutdown. But it’s not a reach to logically assume that factor at least had a hand in the closures of Starlight, Bitsler.io, OnPoint, and Turbo Stakes as well.
These closures point to a clear trend: Smaller operators are feeling the squeeze as the U.S. market tightens. Losing California — which accounts for almost 20% of national sweeps revenue, according to recent estimates from Eilers & Krejcik Gaming — is a blow some operators simply can’t absorb.
Larger operators, such as VGW and B-Two Operations, have deeper reserves and wider market reach. They’ll be fine. But for some smaller sites, the cost of compliance and the loss of key state markets make survival an uphill climb.
