Three more sweepstakes casinos have increased their minimum age limits from 18 to 21, as the industry at large continues to make efforts to prove it’s ready for a spot in the regulated United States gaming ecosystem.
Fortune Wheelz, NoLimitCoins, and Tao Fortune — all previously 18-plus sweeps gaming sites — are now 21-plus.
Wyoming-based A1 Development LLC owns the three sites. The terms and conditions for each of the sweeps casinos still say 18 is the age limit, but the site footers all changed in the past week to say:
“[This site] is only open to Eligible Participants, who are at least twenty-one (21) years old or the age of majority in their jurisdiction (whichever occurs later) at the time of entry.”
Interestingly, A1 Development LLC owns two other sweeps casinos — Funrize and FunzCity — and both of them remain 18-plus. So this minimum age shift doesn’t appear to be a universal approach from the company.
Two ways to make the right type of noise
With intense scrutiny on the sweepstakes gaming industry right now, especially on its ability to promote responsible gaming and compliance with state regulators, various sweeps operators have taken a couple of different approaches in 2025 to prove they’re ready to play ball.
Avoid ruffling feathers
One: They’re pulling out of states where lawmakers and regulators don’t want them. (At least for now.) Several notable sweeps operators, including Stake.us and High 5 Casino, have shut down sweeps operations in all legal iGaming markets.
Others, including McLuck, Hello Millions, and Spree, have left states such as Maryland, where the state regulator issued cease-and-desist letters to sweeps operators and for a time considered a sweeps ban bill — which ultimately stalled out.
Beyond that, others, too have decided to leave New York, where sweeps gaming is still technically allowed but lawmakers are considering two sweeps ban bills and some operators are going out of their way — such as Funzpoints, which pulled out of New York last month — to not ruffle feathers in what would ultimately be one of their most important states for long-term (and potentially regulated) revenue.
Fortune Wheelz, NoLimitCoins, and Tao Fortune, for instance, have all recently left New York too. Those sites also don’t offer their sweeps platform in Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Michigan, Nevada, Connecticut, Delaware, Montana, and West Virginia.
21-plus … because we want to
Two: Some sites are electing to increase their minimum age from 18 to 21.
VGW, the sweeps behemoth that owns Chumba Casino, LuckyLand Slots, and Global Poker, made significant waves when it changed its minimum age from 18 to 21 in February. Other sites, such as High 5 Casino, had already been 21-plus, but when VGW does something, the entire sweeps industry at the very least pays attention.
“We view ourselves as an RSG leader, and take this incredibly seriously, employing a team of industry experts, to ensure our games are enjoyed in a fun, healthy way,” a VGW spokesperson told Sweepsy at the time of their decision in February.
“Our goal is to exceed industry standards and we offer our players a variety of readily available tools to aid in regulating their play, such as purchase limits, and options to permanently close their account, take a break or set account self-exclusion.”
Sweeps definitely still an 18-plus industry
Perhaps these A1 Development LLC sweeps casinos shifted to a 21-plus model after seeing VGW do the same. If that is the case, this would be the first notable group to follow VGW’s lead. Because the industry is still overwhelmingly 18-plus.
Sweepsy reviewed the minimum age requirements for 44 sweeps gaming sites. Of those 44, 11 were 21-plus, and a 12th was partially 21-plus:
- Chumba Casino
- LuckyLand Slots
- Global Poker
- Stake.us
- High 5 Casino
- NoLimitCoins
- Fortune Wheelz
- Tao Fortune
- Kickr
- Sweepstake.ai
- Baba Casino
- Rolling Riches (21-plus in New Jersey only)
That’s 27.3%. The other 72.7% (32 sites) were 18-plus. They were:
- Real Prize
- Crown Coins Casino
- McLuck
- Jackpota
- Hello Millions
- Sidepot
- Mega Bonanza
- Legendz
- Fliff
- MyPrize US
- WOW Vegas
- Casino Click
- Spree
- The Money Factory
- SpinBlitz
- PlayFame
- Clubs Casino
- Funrize Casino
- Gold Treasure Casino
- Spinfinite
- Moozi
- Dara Casino
- Pulsz
- Vegas Coins
- Funzpoints
- FunzCity
- Zula Casino
- Clubs Poker
- Fortune Coins
- Vegas Gems
- Pulsz Bingo
- Sports Millions
Why are most sweepstakes operators 18-plus?
Sweeps operators aren’t bound by any laws that would force them to be 21-plus. They are governed by sweepstakes laws — not gambling laws — in states where they’re allowed, so they aren’t subject to gambling age policies.
Instead, they must abide by the minimum age in these jurisdictions to enter into contracts, make purchases, and participate in sweepstakes or contests. And that’s 18.
So if a sweeps operator changes its minimum age requirement to 21, it’s likely doing so purely in an effort to promote safe gameplay and/or show regulators they’re willing to follow the same guidelines as real-money operators. (OK, now regulate us and tax us like real-money operators, too!)
The perception boost of a shift to 21-plus is likely more valuable than the small chunk of revenue sweeps operators gain from 18-20-year-olds.
In February, Sweepsy surveyed sweepstakes players in Texas.
While the survey included only participants aged 21 and up, just 7% were in their 20s. In contrast, 24.8% were in their 30s, 26.8% in their 40s, 20.8% in their 50s, and 19.4% aged 60 or older.
Based on this distribution, the 18-20-year-old crowd is barely a drop in the bucket.
