Vivaro.us Sweeps Casino To Leave United States On Oct. 1

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- Vivaro.us is leaving the United States as of Oct. 1
- The sweepstakes casino mentioned “increasing regulatory uncertainty surrounding sweepstakes casinos in the United States” as the reason for its exit
- This comes after California passed its anti-sweepstakes bill AB 831
As of Oct. 1, 2025, Vivaro.us, a sweepstakes casino, will completely leave the United States market, citing “increasing regulatory uncertainty surrounding sweepstakes casinos” in the country as a reason.
When you visit the homepage, a message appears that reads, “We strongly encourage you to log in and redeem your Sweeps Coins before the September 30 deadline.”
Vivaro.us’ Exit Strategy
This announcement to leave the United States comes after several states have passed laws banning sweepstakes casinos, with the most recent being California with AB 831. However, there are plenty of others, including Montana, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York.
Both New York and California have the bills sitting on their respective Governors’ desks to be signed.
Now, here’s Vivaro.us’ plan:
- All games are currently shut down.
- Gold coin package purchases are also halted.
- Sweeps Coins cannot be acquired any longer.
The only remaining option is the Sweeps Coin redemption process, which must be completed by Sept. 30.
To redeem, players must have a verified account, and it mentions that redemptions may take longer than usual due to so many of them occurring at once.
Vivaro.us also adds this: “We aim to process and approve all eligible redemptions before October 1, 2025, when the website and all services will permanently close.”
The minimum redemption amount of 100 Sweeps Coins still stands.
Another Small Sweepstakes Casino Bites the Dust
With laws in states passing to ban sweepstakes casinos, the Arizona Department of Gaming, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, and others sending out cease-and-desist notices, and lawsuits against operators and game/software providers, to say the sweepstakes casino industry in the United States is “uncertain” would be an understatement.
Due to this increased regulation and scrutiny, we’ve seen other sweepstakes casinos not only close up shop in certain states, but also completely leave the market.
Along with Vivaro.us, there’s DingDingDing, which closed in April and SweepSlots departed in June (and subsequently launched a memecoin, for some reason).
We’ll be monitoring if there are any other casino shutdowns with these pending laws eventually coming to fruition.
Richard Janvrin is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire. He started writing as a teenager before breaking into sports coverage professionally in 2015. From there, he entered the iGaming space in 2018 and has covered numerous aspects, including news, reviews, bonuses/promotions, sweepstakes casinos, legal, and more.

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