Connecticut’s General Law Committee filed Senate Bill 1235, which would prohibit sweepstakes operators from offering real or simulated online casino games or sports wagering in the state. The proposal also addresses lottery ticket resales and courier services, among other gaming provisions.
If enacted, the bill would prevent sweepstakes operators from offering online casino games or sports wagering to Connecticut customers.
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Wyoming’s Select Committee on Gaming unanimously supported draft legislation banning online sweepstakes casinos. The proposal would make operating these platforms a felony but still requires legislative passage and enactment. Industry attorneys warned that its broad wording could also criminalise legitimate promotional sweepstakes involving everyday purchases.
Wyoming's Select Committee on Gaming has unanimously supported draft legislation that would classify online sweepstakes casinos as illegal gambling and make operating such a platform a felony in the state. The proposal is not yet law: it would need to be introduced, approved by the full Wyoming Legislature and enacted before it takes effect for operators or players.
It was reported on 9 October 2026 that Wyoming’s Select Committee on Gaming sent draft 27LSO-0098 to the Management Council, which will decide whether to sponsor it ahead of the 2027 session. The draft would classify online casino and sweepstakes activity as professional gambling, which carries felony charges; Pennsylvania’s HB 2801 proposes fines of $50,000 to $500,000 per violation and remains in committee without a hearing.
Wyoming's Select Committee on Gaming has sent draft 27LSO-0098 to the Legislature's Management Council ahead of the 2027 session, according to a report on 9 October 2026. The Management Council will decide whether to sponsor the bill. The draft would classify online casino and sweepstakes activity as professional gambling, a category that already carries felony charges and up to three years in prison in Wyoming.
Chicago’s Committee on License and Consumer Protection advanced an ordinance to ban sweepstakes gambling terminals, sending it to the full City Council for consideration. The proposal would set fines of $1,000 to $2,000 per machine and allow business licence suspension or revocation for repeat violations. It would take effect 10 days after final approval.
Tennessee’s House State & Local Government Committee approved HB 1885 by a 21-0 vote, with one abstention, sending it to the Finance, Ways & Means Committee before a possible full House vote. The proposed ban would allow fines of up to $15,000 per violation. In Maryland, a Senate committee heard HB 1226 but did not vote; the bill had passed the House 135-1 on 23 March.
Massachusetts’ Joint Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Committee voted unanimously to send HB4431 for further review, according to reports. The bill would have prohibited online sweepstakes games, but the committee’s action means that provision will not take effect this year; the Gaming Commission said internet gambling remains prohibited apart from sports betting.