Sites Like Stake.us: Where to Go If Your State Banned It

Last updated: August 2026

Sites like Stake.us is an unusual search, because Stake.us is the highest-scoring sweepstakes casino we have tested at 8.0. Almost nobody leaves it by preference. They leave because it is banned or not offered in at least 16 states. So this page ranks alternatives by the thing that actually matters in that situation: where they will take you. McLuck covers 44 states, RealPrize 43 plus DC, and Money Factory at 7.9 is the highest-scored alternative at around 40.

Every other page in this series is about a site with a fixable flaw. This one is not. Stake.us has the best cash-out terms in sweepstakes, the only 99% provably fair game suite in the category, and Evolution live dealer. If you are looking for an alternative, the overwhelmingly likely reason is that your state has taken the decision out of your hands. That changes what a good answer looks like.

The only real reason to leave

Our review is direct about it: where Stake.us is banned or not offered, the review is harm-reduction reference rather than a recommendation. It is legally available in roughly 35 US states, and at least 16 others have banned it or are not served.

The named bans from our review:

• California, banned under AB 831, effective 1 January 2026. This is the big one, and it is the change that moved Stake.us from roughly 36 states to roughly 35.
• Connecticut, a sweepstakes-casino exclusion written into state gaming law.
• New Jersey, where the state DGE ruled the sweepstakes model qualifies as gambling under NJ law.
• Washington, where a broad gambling-law definition captures the sweepstakes model.
• Montana, banned.

And one to watch: Florida, where sweepstakes-casino bills were progressing through the state legislature during 2026. If you are in Florida, whichever site you pick, treat the position as live rather than settled.

What you are giving up, honestly

Worth stating clearly up front, because on this page the alternatives are genuinely a step down and pretending otherwise would be useless.

The Stake Originals are unmatched in sweepstakes. Crash, Plinko, Mines, Limbo, Dice, Keno and Hi-Lo, provably fair, at around 99% return. No other sweepstakes casino we have tested offers an equivalent suite. RealPrize gets praised by its own users for a library of provably fair licensed games, which is a good sign but is not the same product. If you have been playing the Originals, nothing on this page replaces them.

The cash-out terms are the best in the category. A 25 SC minimum, dropping to 10 SC on gift cards inside the 24-hour window. The closest alternative here is Sportzino at 50 SC, and several sites sit at 100.

And the score gap is real. Stake.us is 8.0. The best alternatives on this page are 7.9, and most sit between 6.8 and 7.3. You are not upgrading. You are finding the best site that will actually serve you.

Alternatives, ranked by where they will take you

Sorted by state coverage rather than score, because that is the question this page exists to answer. All figures from our own reviews.

Note the shape of that table. The two widest-covering sites score lowest, and the two highest-scoring alternatives cover the least ground. That trade is the whole decision, and which way you go depends entirely on whether your state is on the list.

The best sites like Stake.us

Best on quality: Money Factory, 7.9

If your state allows it, this is the closest thing to a like-for-like replacement on product quality. At 7.9 it is the highest-scoring alternative here, one tenth off Stake.us, and our review describes its live offering as deep, varied, real live dealer, real studios. The slot grid carries RubyPlay, 3 Oaks and Hacksaw with Pragmatic Play across the wider catalogue.

Coverage is around 40 states with 10 hard blocked, so it is wider than Stake.us but not universal. Check yours first. One note from our review that most coverage skips: there is no native app in either store, which is standard for the category rather than a mark against it. Read the Money Factory review.

Best coverage with a real product: RealPrize, 7.3

The best balance on this page. 43 states plus Washington DC is among the widest footprints we have tested, and unlike some wide-reach sites it is not thin: our review credits a genuine live-dealer floor, top-tier slots from Nolimit City among others, and one of the best reputations in the category off more than 14,000 Trustpilot reviews, where the recurring praise is hassle-free payouts and strong support.

It is also operated by RealPlay Tech, registered in Delaware, so it is US-domiciled. The catch our review flags is the cash-out: 100 SC for cash, which is steep against Stake.us’s 25, though there is a 50 SC gift-card route worth using to start. See the RealPrize review.

Widest coverage: McLuck, 6.8

At 44 states, McLuck reaches further than anything else here, which makes it the fallback when the better-scoring options will not serve you. It is the lowest score on this page at 6.8, driven mainly by a smaller catalogue of around 350 titles, anchored by Pragmatic Play with Hacksaw, BGaming, Booming Games and Habanero.

It has one thing nothing else on this page does: a real-time multiplayer bingo room with separate Gold Coin and Sweeps Coin tables. Stake.us has no bingo, so this is the rare case where a lower-scored site adds something rather than only subtracting. It also ships a native iOS app. Read the McLuck review and our sites like McLuck guide.

Best cash-out of the alternatives: Sportzino, 7.2

Nothing here matches Stake.us’s 25 SC, but Sportzino gets closest with a 50 SC cash-redemption floor that our review notes undercuts the 75 SC many sweeps sites charge. Add a friendly 1x playthrough and 40-plus states with only a handful excluded, and it is one of the stronger all-round options.

The genuine differentiator is the sportsbook: you stake Sweeps Coins on sports outcomes through a prediction-style book, then redeem winning SC for cash. Our review notes that is most useful in states without legal online sports betting. If you only want casino games it is a slightly odd fit. See the Sportzino review.

If slots are the point: PlayFame, 7.9

Level with Money Factory at 7.9 and the strongest pure slot shelf of the alternatives: our review names Relax Gaming, NetEnt, BGaming, Booming Games and 3 Oaks Gaming alongside Playson and Evoplay. Live dealer is present but modest.

Two catches from our own review, and the first is unusual enough to weigh: live chat is locked behind a purchase, and it is off-limits in 14 states, so coverage is the narrowest of the alternatives here at roughly 36. If it serves your state and you mostly play slots, the score speaks for itself. Read the PlayFame review.

If it is the Originals you will miss

This deserves its own answer, because it is the one gap none of the alternatives fill.

Stake Originals are in-house provably fair games running at roughly 99% return, which is the best maths available in any casino, sweepstakes or otherwise. Our instant games hub explains why they can afford it: an Original has no studio or aggregator taking a cut, so the operator can run it near break-even as a reason to keep you in the lobby.

No other US-legal sweepstakes site we have tested has an equivalent suite. If that is what you are losing, the honest options are narrow: play the free versions on our free casino games page, which cost nothing and need no signup, or accept that the alternatives are slots-and-live-dealer sites rather than Originals sites. Do not go looking for the same games at an offshore crypto casino from a banned state; our crash games guide covers why the geo-block risk lands at the identity check, which is the worst possible moment.

The mistake to avoid: Stake.com is not the answer

This catches people, and it is worth heading off directly.

Stake.us is operated by Sweepsteaks Limited, a sister entity of Stake.com, and runs the same Originals engine. So when Stake.us stops serving your state, the obvious-looking move is to go to Stake.com instead, which has the same games, the same interface and no sweepstakes model to be banned.

Do not. Stake.com blocks US players, holds a Curaçao licence rather than any US one, and enforces geo-restrictions aggressively at the identity check. That last part is the problem: the enforcement point is not signup, it is KYC, which is typically when you try to withdraw. So the failure mode is not being turned away at the door, it is playing for weeks and then discovering the balance is unreachable.

Our Stake.com review covers it as a crypto casino for markets where it is permitted, and that is the correct framing. For a US player whose state has just banned sweepstakes, the sister site is not a workaround. It is a worse version of the same wall with your money on the wrong side of it.

The same logic applies to every offshore crypto casino carrying crash and Originals-style games. If the reason you are reading this page is a state ban, an offshore site does not solve it, it relocates the risk to your withdrawal.

If you are in a banned state

The most important section on this page, and the shortest.

Sweepstakes play is banned outright in thirteen states: California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee and Washington, with Oklahoma scheduled to follow on 1 November 2026. If you are in one of those, no sweepstakes casino is the answer, and any alternatives page that hands you a list is wrong. The problem is not Stake.us, it is the statute.

If you are in a state where Stake.us simply is not offered rather than banned, the alternatives above genuinely may serve you, because footprints differ brand by brand. Check with our state legality checker, which is per-operator, or the banned states tracker for the statutory position.

What to check before you commit

• Your state, per operator, today. The only item that can make everything else moot, and the one that has moved most through 2026.
• The cash-out minimum. You are coming off the best terms in the category, so expect this to get worse. 50 SC at Sportzino is the softest landing.
• Whether live dealer exists. Stake.us has Evolution tables; several alternatives have none at all.
• Whether support is actually reachable. PlayFame locks live chat behind a purchase, which is the kind of detail that only matters on the day it matters.
• Library and studios. Named third-party studios beat a big number from one supplier.
• Accept there is no Originals equivalent rather than hunting for one. It does not exist in US-legal sweepstakes.

How to switch without losing anything

1. Redeem your Stake Cash first, and you have the easiest job in sweepstakes here: the minimum is 25 SC, or 10 SC by gift card inside the 24-hour window. There is no excuse for leaving a balance behind.
2. If your state has just banned it, contact support about an existing balance before assuming it is written off, and stop playing rather than accumulating more.
3. Do not buy Gold Coins on the way out. GC is entertainment-only and redeems nowhere, ever.
4. Check the new site against your own state before signing up. Coverage differs brand by brand, which is the entire premise of this page.
5. Use the free entry route to test it. Every sweepstakes casino must offer one; our AMOE generator writes the request for you.

How we picked these

Every site here is one we have reviewed and scored with the rating method we apply across the site. The difference on this page is the sort order: ranked by state coverage rather than by score, because a 7.9 that cannot serve you is worth less than a 6.8 that can.

State counts come from our own review copy rather than operator marketing, and they are the figure most likely to be stale wherever else you read them. We have not listed brands we have not tested, and we have not pretended any of these matches Stake.us on the Originals, because none of them does.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best site like Stake.us?

Money Factory at 7.9 on product quality, if it serves your state at roughly 40. RealPrize at 7.3 is the best balance of quality and coverage at 43 states plus DC. McLuck at 6.8 reaches furthest at 44 states and is the fallback when nothing better will take you.

Why is Stake.us not available in my state?

It is legally available in roughly 35 states, with at least 16 others banned or not served. Named bans include California under AB 831 from 1 January 2026, Connecticut, New Jersey after the state DGE ruled the model is gambling, Washington and Montana. Florida had bills progressing during 2026.

Which sweepstakes casino covers the most states?

Of the ones we have tested, McLuck at 44 states, then RealPrize at 43 plus Washington DC, then Money Factory and Sportzino at around 40. None operates in the thirteen states where sweepstakes play is banned outright.

Can I get Stake Originals anywhere else?

Not in US-legal sweepstakes. The Originals are built in-house, so they cannot be licensed to another operator, and no other sweepstakes casino we have tested offers an equivalent 99% provably fair suite. You can play free versions with no signup on our free casino games page.

Which alternative has the lowest cash-out minimum?

Sportzino at 50 SC. Nothing matches Stake.us’s 25 SC, or the 10 SC gift-card route inside the 24-hour window. RealPrize is 100 SC for cash with a 50 SC gift-card option.

Is Stake.us better than the alternatives?

Yes, on our scores. It is 8.0 against 7.9 for the best alternatives and 6.8 to 7.3 for the rest. It also has the lowest cash-out wall and the only 99% Originals suite in the category. This page exists for people who cannot use it, not for people choosing between them.

Should I close my Stake.us account?

Only if your state has banned it. There is no penalty for holding several sweepstakes accounts and most regular players do, so if it still serves you, keep it and add a second site rather than replacing it.

Does any alternative have live dealer?

Money Factory has the deepest live offering with real studios, and RealPrize has a genuine live-dealer floor. PlayFame’s is present but modest. Many sweepstakes casinos have none at all, so check specifically rather than assuming.

Related ChipReign pages

• Stake.us review, our full 8.0 verdict and the state position in detail.
• Sweepstakes banned states and the state legality checker.
• Instant games, why the Originals return 99% and nothing else matches them.
• Best sweepstakes casinos, all thirty ranked on our own scores.
• Sites like Chumba, sites like Wow Vegas and sites like McLuck.
• How we rate casinos, the method behind every score here.