A second state is now considering legislation that would ban dual-currency gameplay at sweepstakes casinos heading into the 2027 legislative session.
Wyoming.
Per reporting from WyoFile, Wyoming’s Select Committee on gaming voted in early October to sponsor a bill that would outlaw online sweepstakes casino gaming. That bill, 27LSO-0098, won’t receive consideration until Jan. 12, 2027, at the earliest, as that is the day Wyoming’s 2027 legislative session begins.
Pennsylvania is the other state with pre-filed legislation targeting sweeps casinos, with bi-partisan House Bill 2801 set for consideration when the legislature convenes in January.
Up to 3 years in prison, third-party partners also targeted
27LSO-0098 would change Wyoming’s definition of “professional gambling” (which is illegal in the state) to include both real-money online casinos and online sweepstakes casinos.
Specifically, the bill adds this language to the definition:
Operating an online casino or sweepstakes game for play by another person, or knowingly providing services for the purpose of operating, offering or promoting an online casino or sweepstakes game for play by another person, including geolocation services, payment processing, server hosting, platform services, gaming content, data services, promotion or advertising.
It’s noteworthy that Wyoming’s bill would also target geolocation platforms, payment processors, and other third-party entities working with sweeps casinos, as not all sweeps ban bills do that.
The punishment for professional gambling under state law is up to three years in prison, up to a $3,000 fine, or both.
How Wyoming bill defines sweeps gaming
According to the language in 27LSO-0098, an online sweepstakes game is any game that:
Is offered for play or conducted over the internet by use of a computer, digital platform or mobile application on a mobile device; (B) Involves, directly or indirectly, the risking or use of property or a representative of value for the opportunity to obtain property or a chance to obtain property; (C) Enables a person to participate in gambling or wagering activity, or simulates gambling or wagering activity.
And what does “representative of value” entail?
"Representative of value" means any unit used as part of a single-currency, dual-currency, multi currency, free-play, promotional-play, sweepstakes-entry or similar system that may be awarded, exchanged, redeemed or used, directly or indirectly, to obtain property or a chance to obtain property.
‘Single-currency’ model mentioned for first time
This language is the first of its kind in the recent era of cracking down on online sweepstakes gaming in the sense that it specifically targets a “single-currency” model. Until Wyoming’s legislation, sweeps ban bills have traditionally targeted the dual-currency model (with Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins) or, more broadly, multi-currency or virtual currency models.
However, many sweeps operators have evaded coverage by these previous ban bills by employing a single currency gaming ecosystem.
These single-currency systems look and feel similar to the Gold Coins/Sweeps Coins dynamic of the dual-currency system, but they’re different in technicalities.
The card game sites are a good example.
Card Crush, for instance, lets users buy digital packs of RPG character cards that they can use in online card battles against other players — so nothing to do with casino-style gaming. But those digital card deck purchases come with a currency called Mystery Coins, which operate the same as Sweeps Coins; players can use them to play casino-style games, and they can redeem them for real money.
That’s only one currency for casino-style gaming. Thus, a single-currency system. This has become a popular pivot for sweeps operators, with other sites like Clash5 and Zumba Cards popping up regularly.
AceBet.cc is doing the same thing, but it actually mails physical card packages to its players instead of digital card packs.
A sweeps poker site was actually the first to test this ecosystem in anticipation of California outlawing dual-currency gameplay.
In September 2025, ClubWPT Gold repositioned itself as a poker learning platform. The company introduced Chips as its sole redeemable currency and began packaging them with poker education products and training resources.
Rather than selling access to a dual-currency gaming system, the platform connected redeemable Chips to purchases of educational content.
With its single-currency language, Wyoming’s bill would likely encompass these types of sweeps gaming sites as well.
Different from pre-filed Pennsylvania bill
Pennsylvania’s proposed sweepstakes casino ban is a bit more traditional, only targeting dual-currency gaming. It also has a specific carve-out for social gaming, explicitly excluding games that do not award cash prizes or cash equivalents.
Wyoming’s proposed bill, meanwhile, takes a broader approach by defining sweepstakes casinos to include single-currency, dual-currency, multicurrency, and even free-play systems, provided they meet the bill’s other criteria.
This distinction could have major implications for operators. Pennsylvania’s language preserves a path for Gold Coin-only social casinos, while Wyoming’s broader definition could capture a wider range of gaming models.