Indiana’s House Public Policy Committee is scheduled to debate House Bill 1052 on 6 January, a proposal targeting online sweepstakes games using dual currencies. The bill also covers horse-racing licences, sports-betting exclusions and rules for tobacco and e-cigarette wholesalers.
The bill could prohibit a dual-currency sweepstakes model while leaving payment processors, suppliers and affiliates outside its scope.
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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.
Virginia’s Senate Courts of Justice Committee approved a substitute to SB 579 on 11 February 2026, replacing a proposed sweepstakes-gaming ban with a Lottery Board study, according to reports. The 14–1 vote directs the board to report to legislative committees by 1 December 2026, carrying the issue into the 2027 session. A separate casino bill, SB 118, advanced from the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee with provisions addressing unlicensed sweepstakes activity.
The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance urged Maryland’s House Ways and Means Committee not to advance HB 295, which would prohibit sweepstakes gaming, during a 5 February hearing. The group proposed a study of regulatory options and said a regulated model could raise at least $20 million annually; the bill remained under committee review with no vote scheduled.
Maine’s Joint Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs held a public hearing on LD 2007, a bill proposed by Senator Craig Hickman to prohibit operating or promoting dual-currency online sweepstakes. The Maine Gambling Control Unit supported the measure, saying such platforms currently accept customers in the state; DraftKings also backed the proposed ban.