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Sweepstakes laws in Michigan

No sweepstakes-casino statute found; Michigan's Gaming Control Board and Attorney General sent cease-and-desist letters to Stake.us, VGW LuckyLand and Golden Hearts Games in 2022 and 2023.

Disclosure: this site's publisher, Luck Incorporated LLC, operates Chance Infinite, one of the apps in these databases. Its entry is built from its own documents under the same rules as every other entry. This is reference information, not legal advice; official rules and statutes control.

Last verified October 3, 2026. On October 16, 2026 an automated check re-opened 17 of its 18 sources and found no change. Every line below cites a document; numbers in brackets point to the source list.

Status
Regulator or attorney-general action
Enforcement actions on record
4
Ranked free apps open to residents
6 of 6
Sweepstakes-casino brands and Michigan
17 exclude it, 1 limits it, of 18 tracked

Recent changes

  • October 14, 2026: On October 8, 2026 the Gaming Control Board announced cease-and-desist letters to 33 offshore operators that, per its release, offered casino-style games, sweepstakes-style games or sports betting without a state license. [S18]

Enforcement

  • 2022-xx-xx, Michigan Department of Attorney General: cease-and-desist letter against Golden Hearts Games, Inc.. Status: issued. [S2]
    What the record says

    Per the Attorney General's September 12, 2023 release, state gaming regulators began investigating Golden Hearts Games in August 2021, and in 2022 the department issued a cease-and-desist letter “advising that it was illegally operating”; the release says Golden Hearts continued to offer its product to Michigan residents after the letter.

  • September 1, 2023, Michigan Department of Attorney General (Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division), working with the Michigan Gaming Control Board: assurance of discontinuance filed in Ingham County Circuit Court against Golden Hearts Games, Inc.. Status: settled. [S2]
    What the record says

    After the department sent notice under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act of its intent to sue, Golden Hearts signed an assurance of discontinuance stating it would no longer offer its games in Michigan. The release describes the alleged violation as conducting internet gaming without a license under the Lawful Internet Gaming Act.

  • November 2, 2023, Michigan Gaming Control Board: cease-and-desist letter against Sweepstakes Limited (Stake.us). Status: issued. [S1]
    What the record says

    The board's January 18, 2024 release lists the violation as “Promoting an unlicensed online lottery and/or raffle for customers that buy its products through its internet website” and says the recipient has taken steps to prevent Michigan residents from gambling on its website.

  • December 5, 2023, Michigan Gaming Control Board: cease-and-desist letter against VGW LuckyLand, Inc. (parent VGW Holdings Ltd.). Status: issued. [S1]
    What the record says

    The same release lists the violation as “Conducting illegal gambling by offering an internet game in which a player wagers something of monetary value for the opportunity to win something of monetary value” and says VGW has taken steps to prevent Michigan residents from gambling on its websites.

Rules for any sweepstakes in Michigan

  • Lottery and the promotional exemption (MCL 750.372): [S4]
    What the rule requires

    Michigan's penal code bars setting up or promoting a lottery or gift enterprise, but “Subsection (1) does not apply to a lottery or gift enterprise conducted by a person as a promotional activity that is clearly occasional and ancillary to the primary business of that person.” The exemption excludes promotions involving payment solely for the chance to win, and promotions entered by buying a product or service for substantially more than its fair market value. A violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 2 years or a fine of up to $1,000.

Free sweepstakes apps open to Michigan residents

Our ranked apps, by what each one's own official rules say about Michigan. Chance Infinite is operated by this site's publisher.

AppOur rankMichigan
Chance Infinite1, 81/100Open
Coinnect2, 71/100Open
Prizes by GAMEE3 (tied), 54/100Open
Winsome Rewards3 (tied), 54/100Open
PCH+5, 51/100Open (app listed unavailable)
PCH Lotto6, 48/100Open (app listed unavailable)

Sweepstakes casinos and Michigan

What the 18 sweepstakes-casino brands in our database say about Michigan in their own documents. These lists give no grade; some of these brands pay SweepstakeReport a commission through the links on their fact sheets. We do not judge whether any brand may operate in Michigan, and documents change often.

14 sweepstakes casinos' own terms do not exclude Michigan: see the casino list for Michigan.

Regulator

Michigan Gaming Control Board

Notes

Read the 7 research notes
  • The board's release (S1) names the Stake.us recipient “Sweepstakes Limited (Stake.us)”; the Stake.us Terms of Use, version 18.0, retrieved 2026-10-03, name the provider as Sweepsteaks Limited (S15). Each document's spelling is reproduced as written.
  • The Attorney General's release (S2) describes Golden Hearts' products as online gambling games and does not use the word sweepstakes; Golden Hearts Games' own website, retrieved 2026-10-03, links to “Official Sweepstakes Rules” (S14).
  • The Gaming Control Board's later cease-and-desist releases that we opened, dated February 12, March 5, April 23, May 9, June 13, July 30, August 14 and September 23, 2025 and April 7, 2026 (S17, S6, S7, S8, S9, S10, S11, S12, S13), describe their recipients as unlicensed or offshore online casinos and sportsbooks; none identifies a recipient as a sweepstakes operator. The February 12, 2025 release, on letters to nine online casinos, says in general terms that “One method these platforms use to evade regulatory scrutiny is by operating under the guise of sweepstakes”, without saying whether any recipient did so (S17). The October 8, 2026 release (S18), on letters to 33 offshore operators, is the first board release we opened that lists sweepstakes-style games among what the recipients were found to offer; it does not say which recipients offered them or identify any recipient as a sweepstakes operator, so it is noted here rather than listed under enforcement.
  • On August 27, 2024 the board sent a cease-and-desist letter to OC Media Holdings LLC, operating as One Country Give, which sold monthly memberships carrying entries into giveaways; the release says “These so-called sweepstakes are unlicensed online lotteries and/or raffles under Michigan law” (S3). It is a paid-membership giveaway case rather than a casino-style platform, so it is noted here rather than listed under enforcement.
  • The Michigan Legislature's document search for 2025-2026 House and Senate bills containing the word sweepstakes returned 0 results on 2026-10-03 (S5); the same search for dual-currency and dual currency also returned 0.
  • Operator documents retrieved 2026-10-03 exclude Michigan: the Fortune Wins terms (version 4.8) record a January 10, 2024 change adding Michigan to their Excluded Territory (S16), and the Stake.us terms list Michigan among excluded states (S15).
  • Timeline check: our crackdown timeline says the board's 2025 waves of orders had “sweepstakes brands among the recipients”. The 2025 releases we opened do not identify any recipient as a sweepstakes brand; the closest statement is the general sentence in the February 12, 2025 release quoted above (S17). The timeline's description of 2023 letters to VGW's LuckyLand and Stake.us matches the January 18, 2024 release, which dates them November 2 and December 5, 2023 (S1). The board's October 8, 2026 release lists sweepstakes-style games among what its 33 recipients offered, without saying which recipient offered which (S18).

What we could not establish

  • The board's news index loads by script, so releases were located by URL; we did not open every Michigan Gaming Control Board release since 2022, and a 2024 to 2026 letter to a sweepstakes-casino operator could be missing.
  • The 2022 Attorney General letter to Golden Hearts is not published; the release gives only the year.
  • We did not confirm how completely the Legislature's full-text search indexes bill text; a control search for internet gaming in 2025-2026 bills returned 31 results.

Common questions

Does Michigan have a law on online sweepstakes casinos?

We found no statute in Michigan that names online sweepstakes casinos in the sources we checked, last verified October 3, 2026. Status on this page: regulator or attorney-general action.

Which ranked free sweepstakes apps accept Michigan residents?

Per their own official rules, Chance Infinite, Coinnect, Prizes by GAMEE, Winsome Rewards, PCH+ and PCH Lotto accept residents of Michigan. Chance Infinite is operated by the publisher of this site.

Do sweepstakes casinos accept players in Michigan?

Of the 18 sweepstakes casino brands in our database, 17 exclude Michigan and 1 limit it in their own documents, last verified October 3, 2026. Documents change often, so read the current terms first.

Sources

  1. S1 Michigan Gaming Control Board, Michigan Gaming Control Board sends cease-and-desist letters to US, international internet gaming companies due to illegal operations (January 18, 2024), retrieved October 3, 2026
  2. S2 Michigan Department of Attorney General, Attorney General Nessel Shuts Down Internet Gambling Corporation's Illegal Michigan Operations (September 12, 2023), retrieved October 3, 2026
  3. S3 Michigan Gaming Control Board, Michigan Gaming Control Board issues cease-and-desist letter to unlicensed One Country for illegal online lottery, raffles (August 27, 2024), retrieved October 3, 2026
  4. S4 Michigan Legislature, MCL 750.372 Lotteries and gift enterprises, retrieved October 3, 2026
  5. S5 Michigan Legislature, Legislative document search: 2025-2026 bills containing sweepstakes, retrieved October 3, 2026
  6. S6 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB release, March 5, 2025 (five offshore online casinos), retrieved October 3, 2026
  7. S7 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB release, April 23, 2025 (11 online casinos), retrieved October 3, 2026
  8. S8 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB release, May 9, 2025 (14 offshore operators), retrieved October 3, 2026
  9. S9 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB release, June 13, 2025 (five online gambling sites), retrieved October 3, 2026
  10. S10 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB release, July 30, 2025 (six gambling sites), retrieved October 3, 2026
  11. S11 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB release, August 14, 2025 (15 online gambling operators), retrieved October 3, 2026
  12. S12 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB release, September 23, 2025 (eight online casinos), retrieved October 3, 2026
  13. S13 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB release, April 7, 2026 (45 offshore operators), retrieved October 3, 2026
  14. S14 Golden Hearts Games, Golden Hearts Games homepage, retrieved October 3, 2026
  15. S15 Sweepsteaks Limited (Stake.us), Stake.us Terms of Use, version 18.0, retrieved October 3, 2026
  16. S16 Social Gaming LLC and Social Gaming LTD (Fortune Wins), Fortune Wins Terms and Conditions of Use, version 4.8 (updated July 31, 2026), retrieved October 3, 2026
  17. S17 Michigan Gaming Control Board, Michigan Gaming Control Board issues cease-and-desist letters to nine unlicensed online casinos (February 12, 2025), retrieved October 3, 2026
  18. S18 Michigan Gaming Control Board, MGCB issues 33 cease-and-desist letters, warns offshore sites offer no safety net for players trying to stop (October 8, 2026), retrieved October 14, 2026

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