Indiana and Maine Sweepstakes Casino Bans Take Effect This Month

This month, we'll see two sweepstakes casino bans go into effect: Indiana's House Bill 1052 on July 1 and Maine's LD 2007 in mid-July. 

As a result, when those two go into effect, there will be 8 states with outright bans on sweepstakes casinos and the dual-currency model of Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins. 

California's ban on sweepstakes casinos went into effect on January 1, but it goes even further, with liability impacting geolocation providers, suppliers, platform providers, media affiliates, payment processors, and more. Those violations can include up to a year in fines, as high as $25,000 per violation. We've seen California go after entities beyond sweepstakes casinos, including the August 2025 lawsuit, which listed not only Stake.us but also various providers. 

Then, in March, Baltimore sued six sweepstakes operators, which could lead to discovery and, in turn, to vendor contracts, payment processing terms, and more. 

CrownCoins Changes Its Indiana Platform

The ban in Indiana dates back to December 2025, when legislation was introduced, and the Indiana Committee unanimously approved a ban. 

With the ban now in effect, many sweepstakes casinos have left, but others, like CrownCoins, have changed how they're presented in the Hoosier State. 

An email was sent out to Indiana players detailing the changes. The email started by saying: “We’ve made an update due to recent regulatory changes in Indiana. The games you love stay the same; the way we display your balance has changed.”

Now it appears Gold Coins are gone, and the only currency available is SC Tickets, which replaced Sweeps Coins. So now, when you play and win, it'll go straight to a Cash Balance.

This removed the dual-currency model, but now, one could argue, it's closer to real-money gaming than ever before with a direct cash balance. 

Indiana's New Law Faces Its First Test

The bans in Indiana's HB 1052 include the following: 

“utilizes a dual-currency or multi-currency system of payment allowing a player to exchange currency for:

(A) a cash prize, a cash award, or cash equivalents; or

(B) a chance to win a cash prize, a cash award, or cash equivalents”

So, in switching to this new system, it appears CrownCoins is attempting to get around this new law, but we'll see how the state interacts with cases such as these, with the law being so new and only days old at the time of this writing. 

For now, though, it appears CrownCoins is still available in Indiana.