On August 3, 2026, Gov. Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill A5447 into law, making New Jersey the latest state where dual-currency sweepstakes casinos are illegal by statute. The bill cleared the Assembly 69-10 on June 30 and the Senate 34-5 on July 27 before reaching the governor's desk — and unlike Louisiana's law earlier this month, which had a set future effective date, A5447 took effect the moment it was signed.
- Bans the model — prohibits sweepstakes gaming wherever players pay or provide consideration for entry, which covers the Gold Coins/Sweeps Coins dual-currency setup every sweepstakes casino runs on
- Who enforces it — New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement and Division of Consumer Affairs
- Penalties — $100,000 for a first offense, rising to $250,000 for subsequent violations, with each day of continued operation counted as a separate offense
- Who it targets — operators and platforms, not players; coverage of the law describes no new penalty aimed at people who played
Why This Barely Changes Anything for Most Players
If you're a New Jersey player, there's a good chance you already lost access to most sweepstakes casinos before Murphy signed anything. Several brands wound down New Jersey operations ahead of the bill reaching his desk — VGW's titles (Chumba, LuckyLand Slots, Global Poker) phased the state out in late July, and Funzpoints, Spree, MyPrize.us, Clubs Casino, Clubs Poker, LuckySlots.us, and Zula all exited New Jersey earlier in the process. That's also why New Jersey has been listed as a restricted state on our By State tracker since before the signing — the operators moved first, and the statute has now caught up to what was already the practical reality.
Part of the case made for the bill was that sweepstakes platforms sat outside the Division of Gaming Enforcement's jurisdiction, leaving players with no regulator to turn to if a withdrawal went wrong. Public reaction has been mixed: some players who also use New Jersey's regulated real-money casinos see the ban as closing a consumer-protection gap, while sweeps-only players are simply losing a product they could play for free.
If You Still Have an Account or Balance in New Jersey
Wind-down terms vary by operator, and we haven't been able to independently confirm a specific redemption deadline or withdrawal window for every brand as part of this article — [UNVERIFIED — check manually with each operator]. If you still have unredeemed Sweeps Coins from a New Jersey account, contact that platform's support directly and ask about your options before assuming the balance is gone. Don't make a new purchase on any site still marketing to New Jersey players; a platform ignoring a signed state ban has no regulatory accountability behind it if something goes wrong.
The Bigger Picture
New Jersey joins California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, and Washington as states where our reviewed brands currently restrict access — Oklahoma's ban is enacted but not yet in effect until November 1, 2026. We track which operators accept which states, updated whenever eligibility changes are confirmed, on our By State tracker. For the states that remain open, our current rankings only include operators that publish clear state-eligibility terms.