State database · NM · verified 2026-10-03
Sweepstakes laws in New Mexico
No sweepstakes-casino statute or 2025-2026 bill found; an undated Gaming Control Board notice says online real-money gambling, including sweepstakes casinos, is illegal in New Mexico.
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.
- Status
- Regulator or attorney-general action
- Enforcement actions on record
- 1
- Ranked free apps open to residents
- 6 of 6
- Sweepstakes-casino brands and New Mexico
- 0 exclude it, 0 limit it, of 18 tracked
Enforcement
- Undated, New Mexico Gaming Control Board: public service announcement (consumer warning) on the Board's website against Online real-money gambling generally; the announcement lists online casinos, poker, sweepstakes casinos and sports betting and names no operator. Status: issued. [S5]
What the record says
The announcement says the Board "urges residents to refrain from participating in any online gaming activities" and states that online real-money gambling, listing online casinos, poker, sweepstakes casinos and sports betting, is illegal in New Mexico. It adds that the Board "is unable to resolve complaints or disputes arising from illegal gaming sites" and points consumers to the Department of Justice complaint lines. The page shows no issue date; we read it on October 3, 2026.
Free sweepstakes apps open to New Mexico residents
Our ranked apps, by what each one's own official rules say about New Mexico. Chance Infinite is operated by this site's publisher.
| App | Our rank | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Chance Infinite | 1, 81/100 | Open |
| Coinnect | 2, 71/100 | Open |
| Prizes by GAMEE | 3 (tied), 54/100 | Open |
| Winsome Rewards | 3 (tied), 54/100 | Open |
| PCH+ | 5, 51/100 | Open (app listed unavailable) |
| PCH Lotto | 6, 48/100 | Open (app listed unavailable) |
Sweepstakes casinos and New Mexico
What the 18 sweepstakes-casino brands in our database say about New Mexico 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 New Mexico, and documents change often.
- Exclude New Mexico: none
- Limit New Mexico (for example Gold Coin only): none
- Do not exclude it: Chumba Casino, Crown Coins Casino, Fortune Wins, Global Poker, Hello Millions, High 5 Casino, Jackpota, Legendz, LuckyLand Casino, McLuck, Mega Bonanza, Modo, Pulsz, Pulsz Bingo, Sportzino, Spree, Stake.us, Zula Casino
207 sweepstakes casinos' own terms do not exclude New Mexico: see the counts for New Mexico.
Regulator
New Mexico Gaming Control Board
Notes
Read the 4 research notes
- In the Legislature's lists for the 2025 Regular, 2025 First and Second Special, and 2026 Regular sessions, the bill titles touching gambling concern bingo and raffle exemptions, Gaming Control Board director qualifications and background checks, Gaming Control Act definitions, gaming machine standards, racetrack and gaming operator licensing, gaming tax relief in disaster areas, horse racing and lottery tuition deposits; none mentions sweepstakes (S1). Three 2025 gaming bills (HB 155, SB 302, SB 303) passed both chambers and are recorded as pocket vetoed (S1). The introduced texts of HB 241, SB 302, SB 303, SB 323 and SB 328 (2025) contain no occurrence of the word sweepstake (S7 to S11).
- The Attorney General's site search for sweepstakes returned two older scam alerts, from August 21, 2017 and May 31, 2018, about callers posing as sweepstakes officials; these are prize scams, not actions against sweepstakes casinos (S2).
- The New Mexico Attorney General is among the attorneys general listed as joining an August 2025 multistate letter urging the U.S. Department of Justice to help address illegal offshore gaming, per the Alaska Department of Law's release (S4). The release does not mention sweepstakes, so we do not list it as an action aimed at sweepstakes casinos.
- The Board's FAQ page, in its list of definitions, says: "Sweepstakes – used to promote legitimate business objectives. Entry obtained with purchase but must also provide a no purchase necessary alternative method of entry." (S6). This is the Board's description, not statute text.
What we could not establish
- Bill coverage is by title in the Legislature's session lists (S1); bill texts were read only for HB 241, SB 302, SB 303, SB 323 and SB 328 (S7 to S11), so a bill that addresses sweepstakes without saying so in its title could be missed.
- We could not retrieve the gambling definitions in NMSA 1978 section 30-19-1 from the official compilation (NMOneSource loads its text by script) or from a mirror (HTTP 403), so no promotion rule is listed.
- The Gaming Control Board's site search for sweepstakes returns its FAQ page and its Home page (S3); the Home page carries the public service announcement listed above (S5). Its news pages were not reviewed one by one.
- The announcement carries no issue date, so we cannot say when the Board first published it; we list it because it was published on the Board's site when we read it on October 3, 2026 and names sweepstakes casinos.
Common questions
Does New Mexico have a law on online sweepstakes casinos?
We found no statute in New Mexico 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 New Mexico residents?
Per their own official rules, Chance Infinite, Coinnect, Prizes by GAMEE, Winsome Rewards, PCH+ and PCH Lotto accept residents of New Mexico. Chance Infinite is operated by the publisher of this site.
Do sweepstakes casinos accept players in New Mexico?
Of the 18 sweepstakes casino brands in our database, 0 exclude New Mexico and 0 limit it in their own documents, last verified October 3, 2026. Documents change often, so read the current terms first.
Sources
- S1 New Mexico Legislature, Legislation lists, 2025 Regular (Session=69), 2025 1st Special (70), 2025 2nd Special (71) and 2026 Regular (72), retrieved October 3, 2026
- S2 New Mexico Department of Justice (Attorney General), Site search: sweepstakes, retrieved October 3, 2026
- S3 New Mexico Gaming Control Board, Site search: sweepstakes, retrieved October 3, 2026
- S4 Alaska Department of Law, AG Taylor Joins 50 States Urging U.S. Department of Justice to Help Address Illegal Offshore Gaming (August 5, 2025), retrieved October 3, 2026
- S5 New Mexico Gaming Control Board, Home page, New Mexico Gaming Control Board Public Service Announcement, retrieved October 3, 2026
- S6 New Mexico Gaming Control Board, New Mexico Gaming Control Board FAQs and Info, retrieved October 3, 2026
- S7 New Mexico Legislature, House Bill 241 (2025), as introduced, retrieved October 3, 2026
- S8 New Mexico Legislature, Senate Bill 302 (2025), as introduced, retrieved October 3, 2026
- S9 New Mexico Legislature, Senate Bill 303 (2025), as introduced, retrieved October 3, 2026
- S10 New Mexico Legislature, Senate Bill 323 (2025), as introduced, retrieved October 3, 2026
- S11 New Mexico Legislature, Senate Bill 328 (2025), as introduced, retrieved October 3, 2026
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