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About Sweepstakes Zone USA

The desk

A small American teampaying its own way

We test sweepstakes casinos the way readers use them, with our own money, and publish what came back rather than what was promised.

18+

Adults only. Gold Coins never convert to cash. Free postal entry accepted at every brand listed. Helpline 1-800-522-4700.

Why this site exists

Search this category and you mostly find operator marketing with the pronouns swapped and a referral link bolted on the end. The figures came from the brand, the payout claim came from a help page, and nobody in the chain has ever filed a redemption. We got tired of that and started funding accounts instead.

What we actually do

Register, buy in with our own money, play the promotional balance down, file a redemption, start a clock. Three times per brand, spread across three weeks. Then we write down what happened, including the parts that make an operator look slow, and rank the list by outcomes rather than by the size of the welcome offer.

How it is paid for

Readers who register through a commercial link generate a commission, disclosed on every page that carries one. The rate is agreed before testing begins and locked afterwards. Several brands in this ranking pay nothing at all and hold the positions their cashiers earned. An arrangement that required a score to move would be an arrangement we ended.

What we are not

We are not a casino. No stake, no balance and no redemption passes through this site, and we have no standing to intervene between you and an operator. We are not lawyers either, so nothing here is legal advice about your own state.

Tell us when we are wrong

A figure that has drifted or a claim that no longer holds is worth an email. It gets checked, corrected in place, and annotated with what changed. We would far rather be corrected than quoted inaccurately.

Read the testing

Eighteen brands funded and filed, ordered by what came back.