Where Eagles Fly
Sweeps casinos run promotional sweepstakes rather than licensed gambling, so most of the country is open. Four states are not.
The Four Closed States
Washington, Nevada, Idaho and California. Every site on the watch list applies that block itself, at registration and again at verification. An account opened from one of those states will not clear the identity check and a payout will not be released.
That is the operators’ own legal position and it is applied consistently across the market. There is no workaround we would publish.
Everywhere Else
In the rest of the country you can register, collect a free package and request payouts normally. The minimum age is eighteen at most sites and twenty-one at a few, which the reviews note.
Verification
Name, date of birth, address and usually a photo ID. Some sites add a selfie check. It happens once per account and took between a few minutes and two days across the eighteen accounts we opened.
Travelling
Location is checked during play, so logging in from a closed state normally suspends play until you return. Treat those four as genuinely closed.
Not Legal Advice
This page reflects what we found in July 2026 with our own accounts. Rules change and operators withdraw from markets. Read the operator terms for your state before signing up, and ask their support in writing if anything is unclear.