Sweeps, explained
How the dual-currency model actually works — the coins, redemptions, value math, and whether it’s legal where you play.
What Is a Sweepstakes Casino?
A sweepstakes casino is a free-to-play social-casino app with a prize-redemption component bolted onto it via US promotional-sweepstakes law. From a…
Read guide →How Sweeps Coins Work
Sweeps Coins are the value-bearing currency in the social-casino model. Everything else exists to deliver them, consume them, or convert them. If you…
Read guide →Gold Coins vs Sweeps Coins
Two currencies. Different functions. Different rules. Different value behavior. Here's how each one works and how they fit together economically.
Read guide →How Redemptions Work
Redemption is where Sweeps Coins become cash. It's also where platforms differentiate most: some make redemption smooth and predictable, others make it…
Read guide →Are Sweepstakes Casinos Legal?
In most US states, yes. In a few, no. The picture is state-specific, the operators draw additional lines that don't always match state law, and the…
Read guide →How We Test and Score Platforms
This is the reader-facing summary of how TacticGamerz reviews work. The full technical version with scoring weights, calculation inputs, and…
Read guide →Play Smart, Play Safe
Optimization is fun. So is hitting a redemption you've worked for over a few weeks. What's not fun, and what we cover in this article, is what happens…
Read guide →Sweepstakes Casino Glossary
Plain definitions of the terms that appear most often across the category and in our coverage. Use as a reference.
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